negative

英 ['neɡətɪv] 美 ['neɡətɪv]

• adj. 否定的；消极的；负面的；负的
• n. 否定；反面意见；底片；[数]负数
• vt. 否定

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 拒绝的; 怀疑的; 不同意的

   refusing; doubting; disapproving; saying or meaning“no”

2. 消极的,非建设性的

   without any active, useful or helpful qualities

3. 无预期结果的

   showing the lack of what was hoped for or expected

4. 负的; 阴性的

   (of a number) less than zero; (of electricity) of the type that is carried by electrons

n. (名词)

1. [C]否定词语,否定的观点; 拒绝; 否认

   a statement saying or meaning “no”; a refusal

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 否定的，否认的
2. 消极的，负面的
3. 反面的，相反的
4. 【数】负的
5. 【摄】底片的
6. 【医】阴性的
7. 拒绝的，反对的
8. 【电】负的
9. 【电】阴的， 阴极的
10. 【植】有反作用的
11. 【心】反抗性的

n. 名词

1. 否定
2. 阴极板
3. 【数】负数，负号
4. 【摄】底片
5. 否定的观点，否定言论，否定回答，否定命题
6. 拒绝
7. 【文】否定语
8. 【电】阴电
9. 消极性
10. 负量
11. 阴像
12. 反对者

adv. 副词

1. 负地
2. 不是如此地
3. 否定地

int. 感叹词

1. 不
2. 不是如此

v. 动词

1. 否定，否认
2. 驳斥，不赞成，反驳
3. 反对，否决
4. 抵消，抵制，消除
5. 反证，证伪
6. 使无效
7. 使中和
8. 拒绝，推辞
9. 否定…的真实性
10. 中立

英英释义

Noun:

1. a reply of denial;

   "he answered in the negative"
   

2. a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed

Adjective:

1. characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features;

   "a negative outlook on life"
   "a colorless negative personality"
   "a negative evaluation"
   "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign"
   

2. expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

3. having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant;

   "ran a negative campaign"
   "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life"
   

4. not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition;

   "the HIV test was negative"
   

5. reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive;

   "negative interest rates"
   

6. less than zero;

   "a negative number"
   

7. designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions;

   "negative criticism"
   

8. having a negative charge;

   "electrons are negative"
   

9. involving disadvantage or harm;

   "minus (or negative) factors"
   

Verb:

1. vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent;

   "The President vetoed the bill"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Now I am afraid of getting a negative response.
   现在真害怕收到否定的答复。
2. You can't learn anything with negative attitude.
   你用消极的态度什么也学不到。
3. He conducted a negative campaign against his opponent.
   他对他的对手进行了负面打击。
4. This negative pressure phase is of short duration.
   负压周期的延续时间很短。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The answer to my request was in the negative.
   对我的请求的答复是否定的。
2. The negative won the debate.
   持反对意见的一方在辩论中获胜。
3. I need five enlargements from this negative.
   我要把这张底片放大5张。
4. Many students find it difficult to deal with negatives in maths than positives
   很多学生觉得在数学中负数要比正数难处理。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The government negatived our request for financing.
   政府否决了我们融资的请求。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. He gave us a negative answer.
   他给了我们一个否定的回答。
2. I have a negative opinion of the value of this plan.
   对这个计划的价值,我持否定态度。
3. You can't learn anything with negative attitude.
   你用消极的态度什么也学不到。
4. We should try our best to make all negative factors become positive ones.
   我们应尽力化消极因素为积极因素。
5. I'm looking for a house, but with negative results so far.
   我在找一所房子,但至今没有找到。
6. The chemical test gave a negative result.
   这项化学实验结果呈阴性。
7. An electron has a negative charge, a proton has a positive charge.
   电子带负电荷,质子带正电荷。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The answer was in the negative.
   回答是否定的。
2. The answer to my request was a strong negative.
   我的要求受到强硬的拒绝。

经典引文

• The effort to please becomes negativesthe avoidance..of pain.

  出自： J. Barzun

• He had been shackled by countless negative fears.

  出自： I. Wallace

• The negative attitude which erects a barrier against sympathy.

  出自： D. Francis

• I don't want to be negative, but I don't see how we could get away.

  出自： B. Moore

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• negative attitude〔criticism〕 消极的态度〔批评〕
• negative electricity 负电
• negative electrode 阴极
• negative example 反面例子
• negative lens 负透镜
• negative number〔quantity〕 负数
• negative pole 负极,阴极

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• express a negative 表达一个否定的观点
• give〔receive〕 a negative 给〔得到〕一个否定的回答
• uphold the negative 支持否定的观点

形容词+～

• direct negative 直截了当的否定回答
• strong negative 有力的否定
• double negatives 双重否定

介词+～

• in the negative 否定地

～+介词

• negative to an applicant 给申请者的否定回答

词语用法

1. in the negative指“否定的”，一般用于正式的公文中；
2. reply in the negative表示“给予否定答复”，但是不如deny（否认）,refuse（拒绝）和decline（婉谢）等词的用法普遍。

词源解说

• ☆ 1400年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的negatif；最初源自拉丁语的negativus。

近反义词

【近义词】

• colorless
• contrary
• declining
• denying
• opposing
• weak

【反义词】

• optimistic
• positive