1ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]开明的;开通的;(个人)自由主义的 Someone who has liberal views believes people should have a lot of freedom in deciding how to behave and think. 开明的;开通的;(个人)自由主义的
She is known to have liberal views on divorce and contraception.
2ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n](制度等)开放的;(政治或经济上)自由主义的 A liberal system allows people or organizations a lot of political or economic freedom. (制度等)开放的;(政治或经济上)自由主义的
...a liberal democracy with a multiparty political system.
Chemical products were used liberally over agricultural land.
化学产品曾被大量地用于农田。
Quotations
conservative: a statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with othersAmbrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary