◆in the negative(回答)否定的, 反对的
Seventy-nine voted in the affirmative, and none in the negative.有79人投了赞成票, 没有人投反对票。
The Council answered those questions in the negative.委员会对那些问题作出了否定的回答。
(sentence containing 'not', etc)(句子)否定的
'I went' in the negative is 'I did not go'.I went(我去了)的否定式是I did not go(我没有去)。