英语释义

• a reply of affirmation;

  "he answered in the affirmative"

• expecting the best;

  "an affirmative outlook"

• affirming or giving assent;

  "an affirmative decision"

  "affirmative votes"

  "an affirmative nod"

  "an affirmatory gesture"

• supporting a policy or attitude etc;

  "an affirmative argument"

片语

Affirmative Sentences肯定句

in the affirmative以肯定方式，表示赞成

affirmative propsitoin肯定命题

affirmative letter赞同信

affirmative attitude肯定态度

affirmative action肯定行动，平权行动

Affirmative Act确认行为

affirmative actions肯定行动，平权行动

affirmative vote赞成票

Affirmative Response肯定

英汉例句

• naturally people tend to see themselves in a relatively positive light and so will tend to answer in the affirmative for most questions.

  人们自然而然的会倾向于去以一个相对积极的角度看待自己，所以也倾向于以肯定的方式来回答大部分的问题。

• asked if he was all right, the man gave a slurred but affirmative response.

  我朋友问他怎么样，那男子含糊而肯定地回答说没问题。

• the new laws also seek to tighten existing legislation on affirmative action, decreeing that black south africans must constitute at least 60% of senior management by 2017, up from 26% at present.

  新的法律还要求加强对现有立法的肯定行动，规定到2017年，高级经理中必须至少有60%是南非黑人，目前这一比率是26%。

• according to the book affirmative action for the rich published by century foundation, alumni preferences provide an admissions advantage to the children of alumni.

  世纪基金会出版新书《给富人的平权行动》，书中发现，大学偏好录取自己校友的孩子。

• this part of the california proposal has been met with little resistance. but a second aspect troubles critics of affirmative action.

  这部分提议虽然在加州没遇到什么阻力，但计划的另一方面却令平权行动的批评者担忧。

• affirmative answers to these questions may indicate the need for a permanent steering committee with well-defined authority; this is a program mechanism.

  这些问题的答案如果是肯定的，那也许暗示着需要一个永久的具有明确权威的筹划指导委员会；这是一个规划的机制。

• price undertakings shall not be sought or accepted unless mofcom have made a preliminary affirmative determination of dumping and injury caused by such dumping.

  商务部对倾销以及由倾销造成的损害作出肯定的初裁决定前，不得寻求或者接受价格承诺。

• know what you want. formulate your intention in the affirmative and preferably in the present tense.

  在谈话时，你要优先并非常肯定地将你的意图表现出来。

• but ask me if i think aliens exist, somewhere, anywhere, and i answer with a loud and affirmative yes.

  但是如果问我是否相信外星人在某些或某个地方存在，我会大声地肯定：是的 。

• on one occasion, he made a speech defending affirmative action that effectively articulated the objections to it.

  有一次，他在一次为平权措施辩护的演讲中有效整合了反对意见。

• however imperfectly, the american tradition has remained true to the intention of the founders, providing a long string of affirmative answers to their original experimental question.

  无论多么不完善，美国的传统始终忠实于建国者的意图，为他们最初实验所提出的问题提供了一长串肯定答案。

• all these intentions are affirmative and hardly bar the licensor or licensee from imposing additional terms.

  所有这些意图都是肯定的，不会阻止许可方或被许可方强加附加的条款。

• again, affirmative answers to these questions may indicate that the effort should be structured as a program rather than as a project.

  同样的，这些问题的答案如果是肯定的，那也许暗示着工作应该以一个规划而非一个项目的形式来进行建构。

• one of the biggest challenges for me personally is to keep trying to present an affirmative agenda, not a reactive one, because you could end up being kind of an inbox secretary of state.

  对我个人而言，最大的一个挑战是要不断努力制定出积极而不是被动的工作议程。因为到头来你可能会变成那种收件箱国务卿。

• as he describes it, this has merely enabled an anc-connected elite to enrich itself fabulously in the name of affirmative action officially meant to tip more of the economy into black hands.

  如他所言,这项政策, 号称让那些与非洲国民大会党有关系的精英份子们, 以肯定的行为加强自己, 其实就是将经济更多地打赏到黑人手里罢了.

• by embracing leftish causes that were too extreme for the american mainstream—from unfettered abortion to affirmative action—the democrats cast themselves into the political wilderness.

  当时，美国的主流都认为左翼过于极端，因为他们提倡堕胎自由、肯定行动等等。 可民主党非要与它们走在一起，最终迫使自己成了在野党。

• affirmative action—and other efforts—have certainly failed to rid america of sharp inequalities.

  肯定行动及其他措施都没有解决美国存在的极端不平等问题。

• 「i think probably in his heart of hearts he knows better, but i’d be shocked if [mr obama] does away with affirmative action,」 says mr steele.

  斯蒂尔先生说，”我想很有可能他内心深处是清醒的，但如果他废除‘平权措施’，我会感到震惊。

• affirmative action by the back door, some critics say.

  有批评家指出，这是变相的平权行动。

相似词

assertory断言的；确定的

absolute绝对；绝对事物

positive正数；[摄] 正片

emphatic着重的；加强语气的；显着的

insistent坚持的；迫切的；显着的；引人注目的；紧急的

declarative宣言的；陈述的，说明的

affirmatory确定的；承诺的

assertive肯定的；独断的；坚定而自信的

predicative表语

categorical绝对的（名词categoricalness，副词categorically，异体字categoric）；直截了当的；无条件的；属于某一范畴的

dogmatic教条的；武断的

declaratory宣言的；公布的

yes是（表示肯定）

favorable有利的；良好的；赞成的，赞许的；讨人喜欢的

相反词

negative否定；拒绝