adj.否定的；消极的；负面的；负的

n.否定；反面意见；底片；[数]负数

vt.否定

Now I am afraid of getting a negative response. 现在真害怕收到否定的答复。

You can't learn anything with negative attitude. 你用消极的态度什么也学不到。

He conducted a negative campaign against his opponent. 他对他的对手进行了负面打击。

This negative pressure phase is of short duration. 负压周期的延续时间很短。

The negative won the debate. 持反对意见的一方在辩论中获胜。

I need five enlargements from this negative. 我要把这张底片放大5张。

Many students find it difficult to deal with negatives in maths than positives 很多学生觉得在数学中负数要比正数难处理。

The government negatived our request for financing. 政府否决了我们融资的请求。

in the negative指“否定的”，一般用于正式的公文中；

reply in the negative表示“给予否定答复”，但是不如deny（否认）,refuse（拒绝）和decline（婉谢）等词的用法普遍。