negative

negativo, sfavorevole

Cattivo, dannoso o spiacevole.

In inglese semplice: Bad, harmful, or unpleasant.

• The news had a negative effect.
• His review was mostly negative.
• The changes brought several negative consequences.

Come si usa: a negative effect on something (The noise had a negative effect on her sleep.)

Sinonimi: bad, harmful, unfavourable

Contrari: positive

Espressioni comuni: negative effect, negative impact, negative feedback

pessimista, negativo

Che pensa soprattutto ai problemi e si aspetta che le cose vadano male.

In inglese semplice: Thinking mainly about problems and expecting things to go badly.

• Try not to be so negative.
• She has a negative attitude towards change.
• Why are you always negative about new ideas?

Come si usa: be negative about something (He is always negative about our plans.)

Sinonimi: pessimistic

Contrari: positive, optimistic

Espressioni comuni: negative attitude, negative about something, negative thinking

negativo

Che indica che un test non ha rilevato la malattia o la sostanza cercata.

In inglese semplice: Showing that a test did not find the condition or substance it was looking for.

• My test was negative.
• He tested negative for the infection.
• Both blood samples came back negative.

Come si usa: test negative for something (She tested negative for the virus.)

Contrari: positive

Espressioni comuni: negative test, test negative, come back negative

negativo

Che esprime un no, nega qualcosa o indica che qualcosa non accade mai.

In inglese semplice: Expressing no, not, or never, or saying that something is not true.

• She gave a negative answer.
• “I do not swim” is a negative sentence.
• Change these statements into negative forms.

Sinonimi: denying

Contrari: affirmative

Espressioni comuni: negative answer, negative sentence, negative form

negativo

Che è minore di zero.

In inglese semplice: Less than zero.

• Minus five is a negative number.
• The account showed a negative balance.
• Two negative numbers can produce a positive answer when multiplied.

Sinonimi: minus

Contrari: positive

Espressioni comuni: negative number, negative value, negative balance

negativo

Che ha lo stesso tipo di carica elettrica degli elettroni.

In inglese semplice: Having the type of electrical charge that electrons have.

• Electrons carry a negative charge.
• Connect the black wire to the negative terminal.
• A negative particle is attracted to a positive one.

Contrari: positive

Espressioni comuni: negative charge, negative terminal, negative pole

svantaggio, aspetto negativo

Caratteristica negativa, svantaggio o aspetto dannoso di qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: A bad feature, disadvantage, or harmful part of something.

• The price is a major negative.
• We discussed the positives and negatives of moving.
• Long working hours were the only negative of the job.

Sinonimi: disadvantage, drawback, downside

Contrari: positive, advantage

Espressioni comuni: a big negative, positives and negatives, negative of something

negativo

Immagine fotografica in cui le zone chiare e scure, o i colori, sono invertiti.

In inglese semplice: A photographic image whose light and dark areas, or colors, are reversed.

• Keep the negative for later.
• She made three prints from one negative.
• The photographer stored his negatives in paper sleeves.

Espressioni comuni: photo negative, film negative, print from a negative, old negative