affirmative
affirmative
意味(日本語)
肯定的 ◇cf. negative
語源
- firm- : L.firmus = firm(堅い)
意味(英語)
- (adjective) Asserting that something is true or correct, as with the answer "yes”: an affirmative reply.
- (adjective) Giving assent or approval; confirming: an affirmative vote.
- (adjective) Positive; optimistic: an affirmative outlook.
- (adjective) Logic Of, relating to, or being a proposition in which the predicate affirms something about the subject, such as the statement apples have seeds.
- (noun) A word or statement of agreement or assent, such as the word yes.
例文
- Since the term "affirmative action" was first used in Executive Order 10925, signed by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, the word and the idea behind it has sparked debate -- which still continues today.
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affirm
affirm
肯定する、確言する ◇af＝ad(＝to) ＝ 確固たるものにする
語源
- firm- : L.firmus = firm(堅い)
affirmation
affirmation
断言
語源
- firm- : L.firmus = firm(堅い)
【広告】
confirm
confirm
確かめる ◇con(＝wholly 強め) ＝ 十分に堅固にする
語源
- firm- : L.firmus = firm(堅い)
confirmation
confirmation
確認、確定
語源
- firm- : L.firmus = firm(堅い)
confirmative
confirmative
確認する、(形容詞)
語源
- firm- : L.firmus = firm(堅い)
disaffirm
disaffirm
(前言を)取り消す
語源
- firm- : L.firmus = firm(堅い)
firm
firm
堅固な、商社 ◇スペイン語＝firmar(＝サインする)
語源
- firm- : L.firmus = firm(堅い)
firmament
firmament
大空、天空、(堅くて移動しないと昔考えられていた)
語源
- firm- : L.firmus = firm(堅い)
firmness
firmness
堅固
語源
- firm- : L.firmus = firm(堅い)
firmly
firmly
きっぱりと
語源
- firm- : L.firmus = firm(堅い)
【広告】
infirm
infirm
病弱な、老衰した ◇in(＝not) ＝ 強固ではない
語源
- firm- : L.firmus = firm(堅い)
infirmarian
infirmarian
看護人
語源
- firm- : L.firmus = firm(堅い)
infirmity
infirmity
虚弱、病弱 ◇in(＝not)
語源
- firm- : L.firmus = firm(堅い)
infirmary
infirmary
病院 ◇ary(＝場所を表わす)
語源
- firm- : L.firmus = firm(堅い)