negative
负面的,负面,负的,否定
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- : expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- : refusing consent, as to a proposal: a negative reply to my request.
- : expressing refusal to do something: He maintained a negative attitude about cooperating.
- : prohibitory, as a command or order.
- : characterized by the absence of distinguishing or marked qualities or features; lacking positive attributes: a dull, lifeless, negative character.
- : lacking in constructiveness, helpfulness, optimism, cooperativeness, or the like: a man of negative viewpoint.
- : encouraging or noting an unhealthy or unbalanced outlook toward something, especially toward sex or sexuality:The song has a body-negative message.
- : being without rewards, results, or effectiveness: a search of the premises proved negative.
- : Mathematics, Physics. involving or noting subtraction; minus.measured or proceeding in the direction opposite to that which is considered as positive.
- : Photography. noting an image in which the brightness values of the subject are reproduced so that the lightest areas are shown as the darkest.
- : Electricity. of, relating to, or characterized by negative electricity. indicating a point in a circuit that has a lower potential than that of another point, the current flowing from the point of higher potential to the point of lower potential.
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Examples
Attitudes toward China have turned negative in the past few years.
I think when we get into April, in the warmer weather, that has a very negative effect on that and that type of a virus.
This was a clue that the polio virus used in the vaccines might not have been fully inactivated as was intended even though the samples otherwise tested negative for live polio virus.
In an election year, and after dealing with many negative blows to its image, Facebook is trying to reestablish itself as the original social-media company, which in the case of Campus means turning back to its roots.
More than 70% of the posts were negative, while only 13% of the comments were positive.
Myerson herself appears to have bought into that stigma, offering mixed to negative views on the Miss America pageant.
I think part of being in the public eye is getting recognized, and dealing with positive and negative scrutiny.
In addition to the negative on-field attention, off-the-field problems were just as bad this year.
The negative headlines and accusations of sexual assault continue.
He says he has yet to experience any negative feedback from the galaxy of Whovians.
Before Louis could answer in the negative, he heard voices in the adjoining garden.