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| /ˈlɪb(ə)rəl/ |
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| 1 | accepting different opinions and ways of behaving and tending to be sympathetic to other people 心胸宽广的；开明的 |
| Their views on marriage and divorce tend to be more liberal. 他们对结婚和离婚的看法更趋于开明。 |
| | 1a | believing in social or political change if most people want it 主张变革的 | | liberal politicians 主张变革的政治家 | |
| | 1b | used about societies, institutions etc that allow people a lot of personal freedom （社会或机构等）思想开放的，自由的 | | We live in a liberal democracy. 我们生活在一个思想开放的民主国家。 | | The government has promised more liberal economic policies if it is elected. 该政府许诺说如果它当选将实行更加开放的经济政策。 | |
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| 2 | a liberal amount is large and generous 大量的；充足的；丰盛的 |
| There was a liberal supply of food and wine. 供应有大量的食物和酒。 |
| | 2a | generous with something 慷慨的；大方的 | | +with He was always quite liberal with his cash. 他在花钱方面总是非常慷慨。 | |
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| 3 | not strict or exact 不严格的；不拘泥字面的；不拘一格的 |
| I admitted to a rather liberal interpretation of the rules. 我同意对这些规定作比较灵活的解释。 |
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| 4 | a liberal education involves learning about a wide variety of things （教育）主张博学多闻的 |
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| liberally adv |
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