conservative

B2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 高中 FREQ #8125

保守派

发音

UK /kənˈsɜːvətɪv/
其它
UK /kənˈzɜːvətɪv/
US /kənˈsɝvətɪv/
IN /kənsə(r)ˈveʈɪv/

词形变化

conservatives 复数 conservatives more conservative 比较级 most conservative 最高级

教材释义与例句

名词

保守派,守旧者

someone who supports or is a member of the Conservative Party in Britain

形容词

保守的

not liking changes or new ideas

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.

  2. 2.

    One who seeks to promote or preserve traditional values or institutions.

    政治
  3. 3.

    One who seeks to promote traditions in a particular domain (e.g. a fiscal conservative or a social conservative).

    加拿大 美国 政治
adj. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Cautious, moderate.

    The chef added a conservative amount of salt to the dish.

  2. 2.

    Tending to resist change or innovation.

    保守的

    The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.

    1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados India is a conservative land. The gods do not change.

  3. 3.

    Based on pessimistic assumptions, and on the low side.

    At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.

  4. 4.

    Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.

    守旧

    保守

    加拿大 美国 金融 政治
  5. 5.

    Relating to the Conservative Party.

    政治
  6. 6.

    Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.

    物理
  7. 7.

    Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.

  8. 8.

    Relating to Conservative Judaism.

  9. 9.

    Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.

    商务 工程
  10. 10.

    Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment)

    医学
  11. 11.

    Having few changes relative to an older form, especially in comparison to related varieties.

    语言学

    While innovative in its verbal system, Sardinian is the most conservative Romance language in its vocabulary and phonology.

  12. 12.

    That is the gradient of a function.

    数学

词汇关系

相关短语

词源

Borrowed from Middle French conservatif, from Latin cōnservō (“to preserve”). Equivalent to conserve + -ative.

来源:wiktionary