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单词 negative
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negative

adjective
 OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈneɡətɪv/
/ˈneɡətɪv/
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    bad

  1.  
     bad or harmful
    • The crisis had a negative effect on trade.
    • Government cuts will have a negative impact on public services.
    • The whole experience was definitely more positive than negative.
    opposite positive
    Extra Examples
    • Few patients reported any lasting negative consequences.
    • On the negative side, the labour market is still weak.
    • the strongly negative implications of these survey results
    • Negative side effects of the drug can occur and include drowsiness and headaches.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • seem
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    See full entry
    2.

    grammar

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

    3. no

  3.  
     expressing the answer ‘no’
    • His response was negative.
    • They received a negative reply.
    opposite affirmative
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • seem
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    See full entry
    4.

    not hopeful

  4.  
     considering only the bad side of something/somebody; having no enthusiasm or hope
    • Scientists have a fairly negative attitude to the theory.
    • The developers' proposal received negative feedback from neighbours.
    • ‘He probably won't show up.’ ‘Don't be so negative.’
    • negative about something She's been rather negative about the idea.
    • negative in something He was too negative in his thinking.
    opposite positive
    Extra Examples
    • The response from the critics was overwhelmingly negative.
    • I don't have many negative comments to make about the movie.
    • Reaction to last night's attack was uniformly negative.
    • She spoke in entirely negative terms.
    • Some people have accused me of being overly negative.
    • Their attitude was highly negative.
    • I don't want to sound unduly negative, but I simply couldn't see the point.
    • We try to pinpoint the cause of any negative feelings.
    Topics Opinion and argumentb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • seem
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    See full entry
    5.

    scientific test

  5.  
    (abbreviation neg.)
    not showing any evidence of a particular substance or medical condition
    • Her pregnancy test was negative.
    • Negative results are not a guarantee of a safe water supply.
    • He tested negative for HIV infection.
    opposite positive
    Extra Examples
    • 90 out of 100 patients with a negative result will not have the disease.
    • The antibody test proved negative.
    • The urine tests were negative for protein.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • falsely
    verbs
    • be
    • prove
    • test
    • …
    preposition
    • for
    See full entry
    6.

    electricity

  6. (specialist) containing or producing the type of electricity that is carried by an electron
    • a negative charge/current
    • the negative terminal of a battery
    opposite positive

    7. number/quantity

  7. less than zero
    • a negative trade balance
    • The industry suffered negative growth (= a decline) throughout the decade.
    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
    • In a negative image of the photograph, dark is light and right is left.
    Extra Examples
    • Look at a bright light and look away, and you see the negative image of it.
    • The artist creates an interplay of positive and negative space in acrylic.
    9. Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin negativus, from negare ‘deny’.

negative

noun
 OPAL S
/ˈneɡətɪv/
/ˈneɡətɪv/
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    no

  1.  
     a word or statement that means ‘no’; an act of refusing to do something or of denying something (formal)
    • in the negative She answered in the negative (= said ‘no’).
    opposite affirmative
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryphrases
    • in the negative
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    2.

    bad quality

  2.  
    the negative
    a bad quality or aspect of a situation
    • Try not to focus on the negative.
    • The positives outweigh the negatives.
    3.

    in scientific test

  3.  
     the result of a test or an experiment that shows that a substance or condition is not present
    • The percentage of false negatives generated by the cancer test is of great concern.
    opposite positiveTopics Scientific researchb2

    4. grammar

  4. a word such as ‘no’, ‘not’, ‘never’, etc.
    • Double negatives, as in ‘I don't want no dinner’, are considered an error in English.
    see also double negative

    5. in photography

  5. a developed film showing the dark areas of an actual scene as light and the light areas as dark
    • Keep the negatives in case you want more prints later.
    compare positive
    Extra Examples
    • His interest in photography started with him developing negatives that he found lying around the house.
    • We must assume that the spy kept the negatives.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • original
    • enlarged
    • photographic
    • …
    … of negatives
    • strip
    verb + negative
    • produce
    • develop
    • print
    • …
    See full entry
    6. Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin negativus, from negare ‘deny’.

negative

verb
/ˈneɡətɪv/
/ˈneɡətɪv/
 (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they negative
/ˈneɡətɪv/
/ˈneɡətɪv/
he / she / it negatives
/ˈneɡətɪvz/
/ˈneɡətɪvz/
past simple negatived
/ˈneɡətɪvd/
/ˈneɡətɪvd/
past participle negatived
/ˈneɡətɪvd/
/ˈneɡətɪvd/
-ing form negativing
/ˈneɡətɪvɪŋ/
/ˈneɡətɪvɪŋ/
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  1. negative something to refuse to agree to a proposal or a requestTopics Opinion and argumentc2
  2. negative something to prove that something is not true
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin negativus, from negare ‘deny’.
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