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negative

adjective
 OPAL WOPAL S
🔊/ˈneɡətɪv/
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    bad坏

  1.  
     bad or harmful坏的；有害的
    • The crisis had a negative effect on trade.这次危机对贸易产生了很坏的影响。🔊🔊
    • Government cuts will have a negative impact on public services.政府的削减将对公共服务产生负面影响。
    • The whole experience was definitely more positive than negative.整个经历当然是利多于弊。🔊🔊
    opposite positive
    Extra Examples
    • Few patients reported any lasting negative consequences. 很少有患者报告任何持久的不良后果。
    • On the negative side, the labour market is still weak.不利的一面是，劳动力市场仍然疲软。
    • the strongly negative implications of these survey results这些调查结果极其负面的含义
    • Negative side effects of the drug can occur and include drowsiness and headaches.药物可能产生负面副作用，包括嗜睡和头痛。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • seem
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    See full entry
    2.

    grammar语法

  2.  
     containing a word such as ‘no’, ‘not’, ‘never’, etc.
    • a negative form/sentence 否定形式／句
    opposite affirmative (2), positive (9) see also double negativeTopics Languagea1

    3. no不

  3.  
     expressing the answer ‘no’否定的
    • His response was negative.他的回答是否定的。🔊🔊
    • They received a negative reply.他们得到一个否定的答复。🔊🔊
    opposite affirmative
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • seem
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    See full entry
    4.

    not hopeful不乐观

  4.  
     considering only the bad side of something/somebody; having no enthusiasm or hope消极的；负面的；缺乏热情的
    • Scientists have a fairly negative attitude to the theory.科学家对这个理论的态度是相当消极的。🔊🔊
    • The developers' proposal received negative feedback from neighbours.开发者的建议收到了邻居的负面反馈。
    • ‘He probably won't show up.’ ‘Don't be so negative.’“他很可能不会露面。” “别那么悲观嘛。”🔊🔊
    • negative about something She's been rather negative about the idea.她对这个想法一直持否定态度。
    • negative in something He was too negative in his thinking.他的思想太消极了。
    opposite positive
    Extra Examples
    • The response from the critics was overwhelmingly negative.评论家的回应绝大多数是负面的。
    • I don't have many negative comments to make about the movie.关于这部电影，我没有太多负面评论。
    • Reaction to last night's attack was uniformly negative.对昨晚的袭击，大家一致反对。
    • She spoke in entirely negative terms.她讲的话是全盘否定。
    • Some people have accused me of being overly negative.有些人指责我过于消极。
    • Their attitude was highly negative.他们的态度非常消极。
    • I don't want to sound unduly negative, but I simply couldn't see the point.我不想听起来过于消极，但我根本看不出要点。
    • We try to pinpoint the cause of any negative feelings.我们尽量准确地说明导致任何负面情绪的原因。
    Topics Opinion and argumentb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • seem
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    See full entry
    5.

    scientific test化验

  5.  
    (abbreviation neg.)
    not showing any evidence of a particular substance or medical condition结果为阴性的（或否定的）
    • Her pregnancy test was negative.她的孕检呈阴性。🔊🔊
    • Negative results are not a guarantee of a safe water supply.阴性结果不能保证安全的供水。
    • He tested negative for HIV infection.他的艾滋病病毒检测为阴性。
    opposite positive
    Extra Examples
    • 90 out of 100 patients with a negative result will not have the disease.100例阴性结果中的90例不会患此病。
    • The antibody test proved negative.抗体检测结果为阴性。
    • The urine tests were negative for protein.尿液蛋白检测结果呈阴性。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • falsely
    verbs
    • be
    • prove
    • test
    • …
    preposition
    • for
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    6.

    electricity电

  6. (specialist) containing or producing the type of electricity that is carried by an electron负极的；阴极的
    • a negative charge/current负电荷；负电流
    • the negative terminal of a battery电池的负极柱
    opposite positive

    7. number/quantity数量

  7. less than zero负的；小于零的
    • a negative trade balance贸易逆差
    • The industry suffered negative growth (= a decline) throughout the decade.在过去的十年中，该行业经历了负增长。
    opposite positiveTopics Maths and measurementb2

    8. image

  8. (of a photograph or an image) showing light and shade, or colours, in the opposite way to the original 否定的
    • In a negative image of the photograph, dark is light and right is left. 在照片的底片图像中，黑暗为亮，右边为左。
    Extra Examples
    • Look at a bright light and look away, and you see the negative image of it.看着明亮的光然后移开，就会看到它的负像。
    • The artist creates an interplay of positive and negative space in acrylic.艺术家在丙烯酸中创造了正负空间的相互作用。
    9. Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin negativus, from negare ‘deny’.

negative

noun
 OPAL S
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    no不

  1.  
     a word or statement that means ‘no’; an act of refusing to do something or of denying something (formal)否定词；否定；拒绝
    • in the negative She answered in the negative (= said ‘no’).她作了否定的回答。🔊🔊
    opposite affirmative
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryphrases
    • in the negative
    See full entry
    2.

    bad quality

  2.  
    the negative
    a bad quality or aspect of a situation
    • Try not to focus on the negative.尽量不要专注于负面。
    • The positives outweigh the negatives.积极大于消极。
    3.

    in scientific test化验

  3.  
     the result of a test or an experiment that shows that a substance or condition is not present属阴性（或否定）的结果
    • The percentage of false negatives generated by the cancer test is of great concern.癌症检查的结果中，假阴性占一定比例的现象受到极大关注。🔊🔊
    opposite positiveTopics Scientific researchb2

    4. grammar语法

  4. a word such as ‘no’, ‘not’, ‘never’, etc.含有否定词的；否定的
    • Double negatives, as in ‘I don't want no dinner’, are considered an error in English.如“我不想吃晚饭”中所述的双重否定被认为是英语错误。
    see also double negative

    5. in photography摄影

  5. a developed film showing the dark areas of an actual scene as light and the light areas as dark负片；底片
    • Keep the negatives in case you want more prints later.保留底片，以备以后需要更多打印时。
    compare positive
    Extra Examples
    • His interest in photography started with him developing negatives that he found lying around the house.他对摄影的兴趣始于冲洗在家里随处可见的底片。
    • We must assume that the spy kept the negatives.我们必须假定间谍留有底片。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • original
    • enlarged
    • photographic
    • …
    … of negatives
    • strip
    verb + negative
    • produce
    • develop
    • print
    • …
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    6. Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin negativus, from negare ‘deny’.

negative

verb
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 (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they negative
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he / she / it negatives
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past simple negatived
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past participle negatived
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-ing form negativing
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  1. negative something to refuse to agree to a proposal or a request拒绝；否定Topics Opinion and argumentc2
  2. negative something to prove that something is not true否定…的真实性；证伪
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin negativus, from negare ‘deny’.