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正面 1475.negative
英 ['negətɪv]美 ['nɛɡətɪv]

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释义:
adj. [数] 负的;消极的;否定的;阴性的n. 否定;负数;[摄] 底片vt. 否定;拒绝
例句:
1. So far 57 have taken the test and all have been negative.到目前为止,参加测试的有57人,测试结果均呈阴性。

1、international + network.
negative 负的,负极的,消极的来自negate,否定。引申义负的,负极,消极的等。
negativenegative: see renegadenegative (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."

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