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negations
否定;否认
negations is the plural of negation.
a negative statement; the act of denying or refusing something
- 1.
The act of negating something.
否定某事的行为。
- 2.
a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement
否定的陈述;对某一陈述的拒绝或否认
- 3.
A denial or contradiction.
否认或矛盾。
- 4.
the speech act of negating
否定的言语行为
- 5.
A proposition which is the contradictory of another proposition and which can be obtained from that other proposition by the appropriately placed addition, or insertion, of the word "not". (Or, in symbolic logic, by prepending that proposition with the symbol for the logical operator "not".)
与另一命题相矛盾的命题,可通过恰当地添加或插入“不”一词(或在符号逻辑中冠以“非”运算符号)由后者得到。
- 6.
(logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false
(逻辑)当且仅当另一个命题为假时为真的命题
- 7.
The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.
得到否定命题的逻辑运算。
- 8.
A negative particle; a word, particularly an adverb, with a negative meaning: for instance, no and not in English, nōn, haud and nē in Latin, οὐ and μή in ancient Greek.
否定小品词;具有否定意义的词(尤指副词),如英语的 no 和 not,拉丁语的 nōn、haud、nē,古希腊语的 οὐ、μή。
否定某事的行为。;否定的陈述;对某一陈述的拒绝或否认;否认或矛盾。;否定的言语行为;与另一命题相矛盾的命题,可通过恰当地添加或插入“不”一词(或在符号逻辑中冠以“非”运算符号)由后者得到。
In use
His negation of the accusation was quiet but firm.
She answered with a simple negation, refusing to comment further.
The official statement was a clear negation of the rumors.
the negation of sth
negation 常与 the ... of 连用,表示对某一事物或陈述的否定;也可引申为“相反的事物”。
The judge's decision was the negation of justice.
法官的裁决是对正义的否定。
in negation
in negation 是固定介词短语,常与 shake one's head 等表示动作的短语连用,意为“以否定的方式”。
He just shook his head in negation.
他只是摇头表示否定。
Common mistakes
He negationed the proposal.He negated the proposal.
Connections
Collocations
- in negation
- 表示否定;以否认的方式
- She shook her head in negation when I asked if she wanted more tea.当我问她是否想再要些茶时,她摇头表示否定。
- double negation
- 双重否定
- Some teachers regard double negation as a grammatical mistake.有些老师把双重否定视为语法错误。
- logical negation
- 逻辑否定;逻辑非
- Logical negation is often represented by the symbol '¬'.逻辑否定常用符号“¬”表示。
- negation of a statement
- 对某一陈述的否定
- The negation of a statement is true only if the statement is false.只有当陈述为假时,对该陈述的否定才为真。
Pop culture & quotes
- The negation of the negation
- 否定之否定In Hegel's dialectic, the negation of the negation is not a return to the beginning but a step forward.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
看到 negation 里的 neg,联想到 negative(否定),-tion 是名词后缀,所以是‘否定’。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:学术写作、哲学或逻辑讨论、正式演讲或书面语 “negation”多用于正式或学术语境,在日常口语中比较少见;它通常表示“否定、否认”或“反面”,正式表达时可选用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /eɪʃən/ 结尾,和 negation /nəˈɡeɪʃən/ 押韵。注意拼写相似的 negative /ˈneɡətɪv/ 和 negotiate /nɪˈɡoʊʃieɪt/ 读音不同,不押韵。
Learn the forms together
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