affirmative

Word family

af·fir·ma·tive1 /əˈfɜːmətɪv $ -ɜːr-/ adjectiveadj formal

YESan affirmative answer or action means ‘yes’ or shows agreement 肯定的；同意的 OPP negative

an affirmative nod

点头表示同意

—affirmatively adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

affirmative• The others deal with affirmative action and access to information.• He also agreed to adopt policies on affirmative action and ethics.• Above all, affirmative action assuages white guilt.• Indeed, equal opportunity policies, and strategies of affirmative action, can be built into selective assessments.• As in the United States, affirmative action has been challenged in the courts.• Hearings to consider a Proposed constitutional amendment outlawing affirmative action were scheduled.• Until now, however, the court has not reconsidered the workplace rules on affirmative action.• While trainers try to distinguish between the two, skeptics often view diversity as just warmed-over affirmative action.

affirmative2 noun

answer/reply in the affirmative formal to say ‘yes’ 肯定地回答/答复 → answer/reply in the negative at negative2(2)

Examples from the Corpus

answer/reply in the affirmative• We can answer in the affirmative provided the weights are all positive.• No doubt Harry's family would also have replied in the affirmative, indicating that they really did not know what happiness was.• Are men more mechanical than women? 67% of all men responding to our poll answered in the affirmative.• That question was answered in the affirmative.• When asked if he recognized the defendant, the witness replied in the affirmative.

Examples from the Corpus

affirmative• The question posed at the end of the first paragraph can be answered with a strong affirmative.• If the affirmative was the case in all three, don't feel ashamed.• The Court answers this question in the affirmative.

af·fir·ma·tive1 adjectiveadjaffirmative2 noun

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BNC: 19589 COCA: 5022

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Ways of saying yes: yes, definitely, of course...

Showing support for something or someone: supportive, sympathetic, pro...

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