| 单词 | to answer in the affirmative | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto answer in the affirmative    in the affirmative: on the affirmative side of a question or issue; so as to say ‘yes’, affirmatively; frequently in  to answer in the affirmative (cf. negative n. 3d).Frequently criticized in usage guides in the 20th cent.: see  Webster's Dict. Eng. Usage (1989) 43/1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > affirmation and denial > 			[adverb]		 > as an affirmative answer in the affirmativec1460 surely1798 uh-huh1853 the mind > language > statement > affirmation and denial > reply affirmatively			[verb (intransitive)]		 to say yeac1425 yea1598 to answer in the affirmativea1626 c1460 [see sense  B. 2].							 1577    W. Fulke Two Treat. against Papistes  ii.  ii. xvii. 451  				This is the Papistes creede both in the affirmatiue and in the negatiue. a1626    A. Wotton Def. against G. Walker's Charge 		(1641)	 56  				I doubt not but he would answer in the affirmative, That he hath. 1786    T. Baldwin Airopaidia xxxiv. 155  				Having asked aloud who chose to ride, several answered in the Affirmative. 1789    T. Jefferson Let. 5 Aug. in  Papers 		(1958)	 XV. 334  				They decided..the question Whether they should begin by a Declaration of rights, by a great majority in the affirmative. 1841    C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge x. 292  				John contented himself with nodding his head in the affirmative. 1883    Law Times 27 Oct. 434/2  				The opener having replied, the question was put, and carried in the affirmative. 1928    Cent. Mag. May 78/1  				The South, once the great satrapy of Baltimore, would unquestionably answer these questions in the affirmative. 2001    Wasafiri Spring 90/2  				Robert Fraser's contention in this thought-provoking book is that these questions can be answered in the affirmative. < as lemmas  | 
	
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