adj. 肯定的；積極的；
n. 肯定語；贊成的壹方；
例句：
He asked me if I was ready. I answered in the affirmative.
他問我是否準備好了。我肯定地回答了。
Her answer is in the affirmative.
她的回答是肯定的。 擴展資料
She fancied she heard answers in the affirmative, and then again she wasn't sure.
她以為自己聽到的'回答是肯定的，但又不敢肯定。
Asked if he was all right, the man gave a slurred but affirmative response.
我朋友問他怎麽樣，那男子含糊而肯定地回答說沒問題。
Nearly 30 percent of students in Paris similarly responded in the affirmative.
在巴黎，有將近30％的學生對這類問題給出了肯定答案。
After changes have occurred this same wish could be answered in the affirmative.
在做出改變之後同樣的願望才可以得到肯定的回答。