n. a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement
n. the speech act of negating
n. (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false
n. 否定, 反面, 不存在
[医] 否定, 否认
1. The negation of his statement surprised everyone in the room.
他的陈述的否定让房间里的每个人都感到惊讶。
2. In grammar, negation is used to express the opposite of a positive statement.
在语法中，否定用于表达一个肯定陈述的相反。
3. She responded to the question with a simple negation, saying "no."
她用简单的否定回答了这个问题，说：“不。”