消极怠工：negative的常见用法

Interesting. Now try it without the quadruple negative.

——The Big Bang Theory

有意思。现在那四个否定词去掉再给我说一遍。

——《生活大爆炸》

一、下面我们来看看negative有几种含义

adj.

1.否定的；表示否认的

Fill in each blank with a proper negative prefix.

用适当的表示否定的前缀填空。

2.反面的，负面的；消极的

You should read kant and Hegel, which are all negative stuff.

康德和黑格尔的书，这些反面的东西，需要读一读。

3.负的，阴性的；逆的；背的；（摄影镜头）翻转的

Minus ten is a negative quantity.

-10是一个负量。

n.

1.否定，拒绝；否定回答 [C]

His answer to my request was a negative.

我的请求遭到了他的拒绝。

2.【数】负数，负量；【电】负电，阴极板 [C]

The residual negative charge is balanced by cations between the chains which also serve to hold the chains together

残余负电荷被链间阳离子所中和，这些阳离子也起将链联系到一起的作用。

3.（照相的）负片，底片；负像 [C]

Why is it important for print, slide, negative and CD preservers to be PVC free?

对于印刷品，幻灯片，底片和CD，为什么要求不含PVC是如此重要？

v.

1.否定；否认 [T]

Father negatived our plan.

父亲否定了我们的计划。

2.拒绝，否决 [T]

George dazzled her with his knowledge of the world.

乔治的洞察世情令她叹服。

3.消除，抵消 [T]

二、含有negative的常见短语

negative charge

负电荷，阴电荷

negative correlation

负相关

negative feedback

负反馈，负回授，负相馈

negative feedback circuit

负反馈电路

negative pole

阴极，负电极，负极

negative reinforcer

负强化因素

negative reinforcing stimulus

阴性强化刺激

double negative

[语法]双重否定

三、接下来，做个填词游戏吧

The crisis had a __________ effect on trade.
这次危机对贸易产生了很坏的影响。