(pl. -ies)
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- (in the UK) a member or supporter of the Conservative Party（英国）保守党党员; 保守党支持者。
1.1
- a member of the English political party opposing the exclusion of James Ⅱ from the succession. It remained the name for members of the English, later British, parliamentary party supporting the established religious and political order until the emergence of the Conservative Party in the 1830s.托利党党员（反对排斥詹姆士二世继承王位的英格兰政党成员; 19世纪30年代保守党出现以前, 支持现存宗教和政治制度的英格兰及后来英国的议会党成员一直沿用此名）。比较WHIG （义项1）。
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- US a colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution〈美〉（美国独立战争期间的）亲英殖民者。
- of or relating to the British Conservative Party or its supporters（与）英国保守党（有关）的; （与）英国保守党支持者（有关）的：
the Tory party
保守党集会
Tory voters.
保守党投票人。
派生词
Toryism
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: probably from Irish toraidhe 'outlaw, highwayman', from tóir 'pursue'. The word was used of Irish peasants dispossessed by English settlers and living as robbers, and extended to other marauders especially in the Scottish Highlands. It was then adopted c. 1679 as an abusive nickname for supporters of the Catholic James Ⅱ.