The spelling Conservative is also used for meaning 1. 义项1亦可拼作 Conservative。
1 ADJ (英国)保守党的,支持保守党的 A
Conservative politician or voter is a member of or votes for the Conservative Party in Britain.
(英国)保守党的,支持保守党的 -
Most Conservative MPs appear happy with the government's reassurances.
大多数保守党下议院议员似乎都对政府的再三保证感到满意。
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...disenchanted Conservative voters.
不再抱任何幻想的保守党选民
Conservative is also a noun.
2 ADJ-GRADED 持右翼观点的 Someone who is
conservative has right-wing views.
持右翼观点的 Conservative is also a noun.
3 ADJ-GRADED 保守的;因循守旧的 Someone who is
conservative or has
conservative ideas is unwilling to accept changes and new ideas.
保守的;因循守旧的 -
People tend to be more aggressive when they're young and more conservative as they get older.
人们年轻的时候往往较为激进,而随着年龄的增长会变得保守起来。
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It is essentially a narrow and conservative approach to child care.
这实质上是一种狭隘的、因循守旧的照顾孩子的方法。
4 ADJ-GRADED (衣着)传统的,保守的 If someone dresses in a
conservative way, their clothes are conventional in style.
(衣着)传统的,保守的 -
The girl was well dressed, as usual, though in a more conservative style.
这个女孩穿得一如往日那样讲究,只是风格比平日更为传统。
5 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] (估计或猜测)保守的,稳妥的 A
conservative estimate or guess is one in which you are cautious and estimate or guess a low amount which is probably less that the real amount.
(估计或猜测)保守的,稳妥的 -
A conservative estimate of the bill, so far, is about £22,000.
到目前为止,这笔账单保守估计为大约2.2万英镑。
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This guess is probably on the conservative side.
这个猜测可能偏于保守。
Quotations
No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party... So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin Aneurin Bevan 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 I've got money so I'm a Conservative Lord Thomson of Fleet I am driven into grudging toleration of the Conservative Party because it is the party of non-politics, of resistance to politics Kingsley Amis We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down Aneurin Bevan The most conservative man in this world is the British Trade Unionist when you want to change him Ernest Bevin I do not know which makes a man more conservative - to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past John Maynard Keynes The End of Laissez-Faire A man who is determined never to move out of the beaten road cannot lose his way William Hazlitt The Round Table A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward Franklin D. Roosevelt The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution Hannah Arendt Thesaurus | conservative Also look up: |
ADJ. | conventional, right-wing, traditional; (ant.) left-wing, liberal, radical 2 |
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