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- happening or developing gradually or in stages; proceeding step by step进步的, 先进的; 逐步的, 渐次的：
a progressive decline in popularity.
逐渐下降的名望。
1.1
- (of a disease or ailment) increasing in severity or extent（疾病等）进行性的, 愈来愈严重的：
progressive liver failure.
进行性的肝衰退。
1.2
- (of taxation or a tax) increasing as a proportion of the sum taxed as that sum increases（税制, 税种）累进的：
steeply progressive income taxes.
急遽累进的所得税。
1.3
- (of a card game or dance) involving a series of sections for which participants successively change place or relative position（纸牌游戏, 舞蹈）搭档轮换的。
1.4
- archaic engaging in or constituting forward motion〈古〉向前进的。
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- (of a group, person, or idea) favouring or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas（团体, 人, 观念）支持（或推行）社会改良（或自由新思想）的; 进步的：
a relatively progressive Minister of Education.
思想相对进步的教育部部长。
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- favouring or promoting change or innovation崇尚（推进）变革（或革新）的：
the most progressive art school in Britain.
英国最能代表革新的艺术学校。
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- relating to or denoting a style of rock music popular especially in the 1970s and characterized by classical influences, the use of keyboard instruments, and lengthy compositions进步的（尤指流行于20世纪70年代的一种摇滚乐, 深受古典主义影响, 使用键盘乐器, 乐曲长）。
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- Grammar denoting an aspect or tense of a verb that expresses an action in progress, e.g. am writing, was writing【语法】（动词时态）进行时的（如am writing, was writing）。亦称CONTINUOUS.
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- a person advocating or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas进步分子, 进步人士; 支持进步政策者; 改革派人士; 革新主义者。
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- Grammar a progressive tense or aspect【语法】进行时（或体）：
the present progressive.
现在进行时。
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- （亦作progressive proof）（一般作progressives）Printing each of a set of proofs of colour work, showing all the colours separately and the cumulative effect of overprinting them【印刷】分色打样, 套色打样。
派生词
progressively
adverbprogressiveness
nounprogressivism
nounprogressivist
noun & adjective词源
early 17th cent.: from French progressif,-ive or medieval Latin progressivus,from progress- 'gone forward'，from the verb progredi （see PROGRESS）.