positive

B2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 大学 FREQ #2051 ★★★★☆

a. 肯定的, 积极的, 有把握的 [医] 正的, 阳性的

发音

US /ˈpɑzɪtɪv/
US /-ɾɪv/
IN /ˈpɒzɨtɪv/

词形变化

positives 复数 positives more positive 比较级 positiver positivest most positive 最高级

别名

mh+ +ve pawsitive pos

教材释义与例句

名词

正数; 正片

形容词

积极的; 正的, 阳性的;确定的,肯定的;实际的,真实的;绝对的

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A favourable point or characteristic.

  2. 2.

    A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.

  3. 3.

    A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.

    语言学
  4. 4.

    Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.

  5. 5.

    An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.

    语言学
  6. 6.

    A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, not their opposites or complements.

    正片

    艺术
  7. 7.

    The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

  8. 8.

    A positive result of a test.

adj. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Included, present, characterized by affirmation.

  2. 2.

    Formally laid down.

    确定的

    法律
  3. 3.

    Stated definitively and without qualification.

  4. 4.

    Fully assured in opinion.

    I’m absolutely positive you've spelt that wrong.

  5. 5.

    Greater than zero.

    数学
  6. 6.

    Greater than or equal to zero.

    数学
  7. 7.

    Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.

  8. 8.

    Overconfident, dogmatic.

  9. 9.

    Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.

    哲学

    1885, Marcellin Berthelot, Les Origines de l'Alkimie as quoted in M. M. Pattison Muir, A History of Chemical Theories and Laws, 1907. Chemistry is not a primitive science, like geometry or astronomy; it is constructed from the debris of a previous scientific formation; a formation half chimerical and half positive...

  10. 10.

    Having more protons than electrons.

    物理

    A cation is a positive ion as it has more protons than electrons.

  11. 11.

    Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.

    语言学

    ‘Better’ is an irregular comparative of the positive form ‘good’.

  12. 12.

    Describing a verb that is not negated, especially in languages which have distinct positive and negative verb forms, e.g., Finnish.

    语言学
  13. 13.

    Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations.

    The idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes of individuals.

    positive knowledge

  14. 14.

    Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.

    The box was not empty – I felt some positive substance within it.

  15. 15.

    Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.

    The results of our experiment are positive.

  16. 16.

    Confirmed, straight-up.

  17. 17.

    Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.

    艺术

    A positive photograph can be developed from a photographic negative.

  18. 18.

    Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.

    The first-night reviews were largely positive.

  19. 19.

    Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.

    Good lord, you've built up a positive arsenal of weaponry here.

  20. 20.

    Optimistic.

    He has a positive outlook on life.

  21. 21.

    electropositive

    化学
  22. 22.

    basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.

    化学
  23. 23.

    Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable.

    positive energy; positive thoughts, feelings or emotions

  24. 24.

    HIV positive.

    俚语

    We certainly told him at that time that I was negative. We talked about transmission. We told him we don't do anything that would cause me to become positive.

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词源

From Old French positif, from Latin positivus, from the past participle stem of ponere (“to place”). Compare posit.

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