【positive音标】 英[ˈpɒzətɪv] 美[ˈpɑ:zətɪv]
【单词释义】 positive是什么意思：
adj.积极的；确实的，肯定的；[数]正的；[医]阳性的
n.优势，优点；正面；正片；[语]原级形容词；[数]正量
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] positives
【positive形近词/近似词】
inquisitive adj.好问的；好奇的；爱打听的；好学的；兴趣广泛的
sensitive adj.敏感的；灵敏的
acquisitive adj.渴望得到的，贪婪的
hypersensitive adj.过敏的；高灵敏度的；非常敏感的
【近义词解析】
◇ 确信的
certain (adj. 肯定的，确信的) 指确定无疑的，表示说话人有确切的理由或不容置疑的证据，语气较强，通常作表语，多用于肯定句或正式的书面语中，常可与positive 换用，但不可单独用作回答。He is certain/positive that the fruit is ripe.
confident (adj. 确信的，有把握的) 指确信某事会以自己想要或期望的方式发生的，通常作表语。The committee is confident of success.
convinced ([专八/托福]adj. 确信的，信服的)
指对某事深信不疑的，通常作表语，常后接介词 of 或 that 从句。
positive (adj. 确信的，肯定的) 指对某事物的正确性或真实性绝对肯定的，通常作表语，可单独用作肯定回答，常后接介词 about/of 或 that 从句。
sure (adj. 确信的，确定的) 指主观上对某事物的正确性或真实性没有疑虑的，常可与 certain 换用，但语气稍弱，通常作表语。
【单词例句】
◇ 2. "I have heard about your company's great team and positive corporate culture."
第二种回答：“我了解到贵公司的团队很优秀，公司文化也很积极。”
---- Why do you want to work here?
◇ But without positive evidence, people suspected and rejected his view, saying the theory he put forward made no sense. Being much more strict with himself, he contributed himself to the case.
但是没有确实的证据，人们很怀疑并拒绝他的观点，大家都说他提出的理论毫无道理。他对自己要求更加严格，全身心地投入。
---- A Strange Disease
◇ According to Barnes, some employees have found the reduced time to complete their work stressful. "People were really positive going in, then a bit negative, then positive again," says Barnes. "In general terms, people are more positive because they are suddenly able to do things that they otherwise couldn't do."
巴恩斯说，一些员工因为完成工作的时间变短而感到压力重重。他说：“刚开始人们真的很积极，然后会有点消极，接着又会变得积极。普遍来说，人们变得更积极了，因为他们突然能够做那些本来做不了的事了。”
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ "This is an extremely positive thing to do," said Charles Foster, chairman of US China Partnerships in Houston, Texas, and former chairman of the Asia Society Texas Center.
位于美国德克萨斯州休斯顿的美中合作委员会主席查尔斯•福斯特说：“这件事情有非常积极的作用。”他还曾担任亚洲协会德克萨斯中心主席。
---- Eliminating poverty builds larger market
◇ According to Wetherspoons CEO John Hutson, the move will save 70 million plastic straws a year and the reaction from patrons has been "very positive."
Wetherspoons公司的首席执行官约翰•哈特森表示，此举每年将节省7000万根塑料吸管，从客户那里得到的反馈也“非常积极”。
---- Is time up for this plastic relic
◇ The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was positive that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off.
当医药费通知单送到她的病房时，她不敢看。因为她确信，治病的费用将会花费她整个余生来偿还。