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单词 liberal
释义
liberal
lɪbərəl ˈlɪbərəl ˈlɪbrəl
Word forms: plural liberals
1 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] 开明的;开通的;(个人)自由主义的 Someone who has liberal views believes people should have a lot of freedom in deciding how to behave and think. 开明的;开通的;(个人)自由主义的
  • She is known to have liberal views on divorce and contraception.

    众所周知,她在离婚与避孕方面思想很开明。

SYN tolerant, enlightened, open-minded, permissive
Liberal is also a noun.
  • ...a nation of free-thinking liberals.

    思想开放的自由主义者的国度

2 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] (制度等)开放的;(政治或经济上)自由主义的 A liberal system allows people or organizations a lot of political or economic freedom. (制度等)开放的;(政治或经济上)自由主义的
  • ...a liberal democracy with a multiparty political system.

    多党政制的自由民主国家

  • They favour liberal free-market policies.

    他们支持开放的自由市场政策。

SYN progressive, radical, reformist, libertarian
Liberal is also a noun.
  • These kinds of price controls go against all the financial principles of the free market liberals.

    这些价格调控措施与信奉自由市场的自由主义者所倡导的经济原则完全背道而驰。

3 ADJ [ADJ n] 自由党的;支持自由党的 A Liberal politician or voter is a member of a Liberal Party or votes for a Liberal Party. 自由党的;支持自由党的
  • The Liberal leader has announced his party's withdrawal from the ruling coalition.

    自由党领袖已宣布该党退出执政联盟。

Liberal is also a noun.
  • The Liberals hold twenty-three seats in parliament.

    自由党党员在议会中占23席。

4 ADJ-GRADED 慷慨的;肆意的;大量的;丰富的 Liberal means giving, using, or taking a lot of something, or existing in large quantities. 慷慨的;肆意的;大量的;丰富的
  • As always he is liberal with his jokes. [+ with]

    像平时一样,他出口就是笑话。

  • She made liberal use of her elder sister's make-up and clothes.

    她随便把姐姐的化妆品和衣服拿来用。

SYN abundant, generous, handsome, lavish
liberally
  • Chemical products were used liberally over agricultural land.

    化学产品曾被大量地用于农田。

Quotations
conservative: a statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary
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