affirmative

a. 肯定的,正面的
n. 肯定语,赞成方面

An affirmative statement or vote.

肯定的陈述肯定的陈述或表示赞成

A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite, as in This is no small problem.

间接肯定法用有节制的陈述所构成一种修辞手法，即通过否定其反面来表达肯定的意思，例如在这并不是一个小问题中