| 释义 |
negator|nɪˈgeɪtə(r)|
[a. L. negātor, agent-n. f. negāre: see negate v.]
1. One who denies; spec. a member of a sect of Russian anarchists.
1805in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. VIII. 241 The grand inflictor and grand negator—one who in doing or denying stands nearly unmatched. 1888Science XI. 178 One such [sect] calls itself the ‘Negators’, and its members keep themselves aloof from all men.
2. A word expressing negation; = negative n. 2.
1961R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts iv. 100 Not is by no means the only adjunct with negator force... Negative subjects and negative complements can serve as negators. 1966G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising xviii. 159 The universal negators no, never, etc. 1973Archivum Linguisticum IV. 14 Of these auxiliaries, only one negator /no/ can occur independently. 1974L. Todd Pidgins & Creoles iii. 34 In the 1830 examples the negator occurs in the same position as in the pidgins and creoles we have examined.
3. See negater. |