"answering 'yes,'" mid-15c., from use in logic; from Middle French affirmatif (13c.), from Latin affirmativus, from affirmat-, past participle stem of affirmare (see affirm). As a noun from early 15c. Affirmative action "positive or corrective effort by employers to prevent discrimination in hiring or promotion" is attested from 1935 with regard to labor unions; specific racial sense is from 1961; now often used in reference to hiring quotas, etc.
雙語例句
1. Seventy-nine voted in the affirmative, and none in the negative.
79人投贊成票，沒有人投反對票。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Dr Sinclair's affirmative nod seemed a shade reluctant.
辛克萊博士雖然點頭表示了同意，但還顯得有點不情愿。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Haig was desperately eager for an affirmative answer.
黑格非?？释玫揭粋€肯定的回答。
來自柯林斯例句
4. An affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament is needed.