negative是什么意思

negative

英 ['neg?t?v] 美 ['n?ɡ?t?v]

negative 負的，負極的，消極的

來自negate,否定。引申義負的，負極，消極的等。

negative: negative: see renegade
negative (adj.): c. 1400, "expressing denial," from Old French negatif (13c.) and directly from Latin negativus "that which denies," from negat-, past participle stem of negare "deny, say no" (see deny). Meaning "expressing negation" is from c. 1500; that of "characterized by absence" is from 1560s. Algebraic sense is from 1670s. The electricity sense is from 1755.
Negative Capability, that is when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts without any irritable reaching after fact and reason. [John Keats, letter, Dec. 21, 1817]
Related: Negatively.
negative (n.): late 14c., "a prohibition; absence, nonexistence; opposite," from Old French negatif and directly from Latin negativus (see negative (adj.)). Meaning "a negative statement" is from 1560s. As a response, "I refuse, disagree, no," from 1945. Meaning "a negative quality" is from 1640s. In mathematics, "a negative number," from 1706. Photographic sense first recorded 1853.

1. So far 57 have taken the test and all have been negative.: 到目前為止，參加測試的有57人，測試結果均呈陰性。

2. Seventy-nine voted in the affirmative, and none in the negative.: 79人投贊成票，沒有人投反對票。

3. Stimulate the site of greatest pain with a small negative current.: 以微弱負電流刺激疼得最厲害的部位。

5. It's just one of those words that's got so many negative connotations.: 這只是那種有太多負面含義的詞之一。