"answering 'yes,'" mid-15c., from use in logic; from Middle French affirmatif (13c.), from Latin affirmativus, from affirmat-, past participle stem of affirmare (see affirm). As a noun from early 15c. Affirmative action "positive or corrective effort by employers to prevent discrimination in hiring or promotion" is attested from 1935 with regard to labor unions; specific racial sense is from 1961; now often used in reference to hiring quotas, etc.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Seventy-nine voted in the affirmative, and none in the negative.
79人投贊成票，沒(méi)有人投反對(duì)票。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Dr Sinclair's affirmative nod seemed a shade reluctant.
辛克萊博士雖然點(diǎn)頭表示了同意，但還顯得有點(diǎn)不情愿。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. Haig was desperately eager for an affirmative answer.
黑格非常渴望得到一個(gè)肯定的回答。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. An affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament is needed.