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- agreeing with or consenting to a statement or request同意的, 赞成的：
an affirmative answer.
赞同的回答。
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- Grammar & Logic stating that a fact is so; making an assertion【语法, 逻】肯定的：
affirmative sentences.
肯定句。与NEGATIVE和INTERROGATIVE相对。
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- (of a vote) expressing approval or agreement（选举）赞成的, 同意的。
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- offering support, help, or encouragement提供支持的, 提供帮助的, 鼓励性的：
the family is usually a source of encouragement from which affirmative influences come.
家庭通常是鼓励的源泉, 能给予家庭成员积极的影响。
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- relating to or denoting proposed legislation which must receive a parliamentary vote in its favour before it can come into force（法律提案）须议会投票赞成生效的。
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- a statement of agreement with or consent to an assertion or request同意, 赞成：
he accepted her reply as an affirmative.
他把她给出的回答视作她同意。
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- Grammar a word used in making assertions or to express consent【语法】陈述词, 肯定词。
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- Logic a statement asserting that something is true of the subject of a proposition【逻】肯定陈述。
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the affirmative
a position of agreement or confirmation同意, 肯定：his answer veered towards the affirmative.
他的回答转向同意。
- chiefly N. Amer. expressing agreement with or consent to a statement or request; yes〈主北美〉［表示同意或赞同］对, 是啊。
短语
in the affirmative
- so as to accept or agree to a statement or request接受, 同意, 表示赞成：
he answered the question in the affirmative.
他肯定地回答了问题。
派生词
affirmatively
adverb词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'assertive， positive'）： via Old French from late Latin affirmativus, from affirmare 'assert' （see AFFIRM）.