(the left wing)
1
- the radical, reforming, or socialist section of a political party or system（政党或体制中）激进派, 左翼（主张改革或持社会主义观点）。
- [ORIGIN: with reference to the National Assembly in France （1789-1791）, where the nobles sat to the president's right and the commons to the left.]
2
- the left side of a team on the field in soccer, rugby, and field hockey（足球、橄榄球或曲棍球球队的）左翼, 左侧位置：
his usual position on the left wing.
他经常打的左边位置。
2.1
- the left side of an army（部队的）左翼：
the Allied left wing.
联军的左翼部队。
- radical, reforming, or socialist激进的, 主张改良的, 持社会主义观点的：
left-wing activists.
左翼活动分子。
派生词