positive

前向きな、好ましい

よい、役に立つ、または物事がうまくいくと期待している。

やさしい英語で： Good or helpful, or showing hope that things will go well.

• Try to stay positive.
• The changes had a positive effect.
• We received positive feedback from our customers.

使い方： positive about something (She feels positive about the future.)

類義語： good, favorable, optimistic

反対語： negative

よく使う表現： positive attitude, positive effect, positive change

確信している

あることが本当や正しいと、疑いなく信じている。

やさしい英語で： Completely sure that something is true or correct.

• Are you positive?
• She was positive that she had seen him before.
• I am absolutely positive about the answer.

使い方： positive that… (I am positive that I locked the door.); positive about something (Are you positive about the date?)

類義語： sure, certain

反対語： uncertain, unsure

よく使う表現： absolutely positive, positive about something

陽性の

検査で、調べていた物質や状態が確認されたことを示す。

やさしい英語で： Showing that a test found the substance or condition it was checking for.

• The test result was positive.
• She had a positive pregnancy test.
• Two samples tested positive for the same substance.

使い方： test positive for something (The sample tested positive for the virus.)

反対語： negative

よく使う表現： positive result, positive test, test positive

正の、プラスの

数や値がゼロより大きい。

やさしい英語で： Greater than zero.

• Five is a positive number.
• The answer should be positive.
• We only accept positive values in this box.

反対語： negative

よく使う表現： positive number, positive value, positive integer

正の、プラスの

陽子が持つのと同じ種類の、プラスの電気を帯びている。

やさしい英語で： Having the kind of electric charge carried by protons.

• Connect the red wire to the positive terminal.
• Protons carry a positive charge.
• The ion became positive after losing an electron.

反対語： negative

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

陽性の

病気で現れる、ない声が聞こえるなどの異常な体験や行動を指す。

やさしい英語で： Describing unusual experiences or behavior that appear with an illness, such as hearing voices that are not there.

• Hearing voices can be a positive symptom.
• The treatment reduced his positive symptoms.
• Doctors recorded both positive and negative symptoms during the assessment.

反対語： negative

よく使う表現： positive symptom, positive psychotic symptom

良い点、利点

ある状況の、よい面や役に立つ面。

やさしい英語で： A good or useful part of a situation.

• The short journey is a positive.
• There are several positives to working from home.
• Let us focus on the positives for now.

類義語： advantage, benefit, plus

反対語： negative, drawback

よく使う表現： a positive, major positive, look for positives