| 单词 | the negative |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe negative a. the negative. The side, position, or aspect of a question which is opposed to the affirmative or positive side, etc. Cf. sense 3c. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > negation > [noun] > side the negative1579 no1621 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 5v Our Papistes, which can not abide an Argument drawen from the Negative. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxiii. §4. 570 Whether Nabonassar were an Astrologer or no I cannot tell; it is hard to maintaine the negatiue. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso ii. lxxvi. 356 The Negative to this was often broacht, and disputed. 1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will i. i. 2 The Positive and the Negative are set before the Mind for it's Choice, and it chuses the Negative. 1865 C. J. Vaughan Plain Words (1866) vi. 99 Let the negative have its positive. 1991 J. Mander In Absence of Sacred ii. ix. 164 Tobacco companies..present the positive, omit the negative, and call their few critics..‘troglodytes’. < as lemmas |
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