negative

悪い、否定的な

悪い、害がある、または不快な。

やさしい英語で： Bad, harmful, or unpleasant.

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

使い方： a negative effect on something (The noise had a negative effect on her sleep.)

類義語： bad, harmful, unfavourable

反対語： positive

よく使う表現： negative effect, negative impact, negative feedback

悲観的な、後ろ向きな

問題ばかりを考え、物事が悪い方向に進むと思っている。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： be negative about something (He is always negative about our plans.)

類義語： pessimistic

反対語： positive, optimistic

よく使う表現： negative attitude, negative about something, negative thinking

陰性の

検査で、調べている病気や物質が見つからなかったことを示す。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： test negative for something (She tested negative for the virus.)

反対語： positive

よく使う表現： negative test, test negative, come back negative

否定の、否定的な

「いいえ」「ない」「決してない」など、物事を否定する。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： denying

反対語： affirmative

よく使う表現： negative answer, negative sentence, negative form

負の、マイナスの

ゼロより小さい。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： minus

反対語： positive

よく使う表現： negative number, negative value, negative balance

負の、マイナスの

電子と同じ種類の電気の性質を持つ。

やさしい英語で： 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.

反対語： positive

よく使う表現： negative charge, negative terminal, negative pole

欠点、マイナス面

物事の悪い特徴、不利な点、または害になる面。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： disadvantage, drawback, downside

反対語： positive, advantage

よく使う表現： a big negative, positives and negatives, negative of something

ネガ

明るい部分と暗い部分、または色が逆になった写真の画像。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： photo negative, film negative, print from a negative, old negative