in the negative

基本解释

My hosts are eager to help me answer that question in the negative by pointing out how pleasant life in the factory can be.
东道主们通过极力证明这里的工厂生活如何舒适，热切的帮助我对自己的上述问题予以了否定的回答。
The expression is most often used in the negative, as in buyao keqi, meaning "you shouldn't be so kind and polite to me, " or "you're welcome."
表达的时候，通常要以否定的形式，比如“不要客气”，意思是说“你不必对我这么关心、礼貌”或“不用谢”。
As concerned her own individual existence, she had long ago decided in the negative, and dismissed the point as settled.
至于她自己本人的生存，她早已予以否定，并且作为已决之点不再重提。

And then other people see the negative comments and join in. South Korea is not alone in combating cyber-bullying.
But in this case it's a response produced in the negative register similar to the responses produced in the saloon.
在这次让人讨厌的举动中,理查表现得与在酒吧里一样。
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or you can use an "I don't think" question, which, of course, is very similar, only in the negative version of the "I think" question.
当然，你也可以使用“I don't think”的句型，它与“I think”句型十分类似，只不过是以否定句的形式表示。
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The Stanford study that I mentioned to my colleague answered the question in the negative.
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