他们得到一个否定的答复。

They received a negative reply.

《牛津词典》

韦拉亚提医生做出了一个含糊但否定的答复。

Dr. Velayati gave a vague but negative response.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

他的回答是否定的。

His response was negative.

《牛津词典》

And the rejection of this motif or this idea in Genesis 1 is pointed and purposeful. It's demythologization.

但《创世纪》第一章中对此模式或观点的否定,是明显且有目的的，它是一种去传奇化的叙述。

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So it's a bit less negative than saying you absolutely don't want to do it.

所以，相比绝不会做某事的说法，这个句型包含的否定意味更少。

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So we have this anonymous attacker who dismisses Milton's earlier political treatises, especially The Reason of Church Government and other early works.

所以我们有这个匿名的抨击者,他否定了弥尔顿早期的政治论文，特别是《教会当局的原因》和其他早期作品。

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