affirmative
英 [ə'fɜːmətɪv]
美 [ə'fɝmətɪv]
英語の語源
- affirmative (adj.)
- "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.
例文
- 1. Seventy-nine voted in the affirmative 、and none in the negative.
- 79人が賛成票を投じ、反対票を投じた人はいなかった。
- 2.Dr Sinclair 's affirmative nod seemed a shade reluctant.
- シンクレア博士はうなずいて同意を示したが、少し不本意なように見えた。
- 3.Haig was desperately eager for an affirmative answer.
- 黒格は肯定的な答えを求めている。
- 4.An affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament is needed.
- 両院とも同意する決議が必要である。
- 5.He replied in the affirmative to my question.
- 私の質問に彼は肯定的に答えた。
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