liberal

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n. 自由主义者 a. 慷慨的, 不拘泥的, 宽大的, 自由主义的

发音

CA /ˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹəl/
US /ˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹəl/
AU /ˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹəl/
UK /ˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹəl/

词形变化

liberals 复数 liberals liberalest more liberal 比较级 most liberal 最高级

别名

lib'ral librul

教材释义与例句

名词

自由主义者

形容词

自由主义的；慷慨的；不拘泥的；宽大的

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism).

  2. 2.

    Someone with progressive or left-wing views, especially on social and environmental issues.

    美国 政治
  3. 3.

    A supporter of any of several liberal parties.

    政治
  4. 4.

    One who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, and laissez-faire markets (also called "classical liberal"; compare libertarian).

    英国 政治
  5. 5.

    A conservative, especially a liberal conservative.

    政治
adj. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which is considered to provide general knowledge, as opposed to vocational/occupational, technical or mechanical training.

    He had a full education studying the liberal arts.

  2. 2.

    Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.

    He was liberal with his compliments.

  3. 3.

    Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.

    Add a liberal sprinkling of salt.

  4. 4.

    Unrestrained, licentious.

    废旧
  5. 5.

    Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.

    Her parents had liberal ideas about child-rearing.

  6. 6.

    Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.

    政治

    Endorsing the liberal anti-interventionist credo that the marketplace should act as the "site of verification," the advocates of white lead opposed government intervention for the sake of open economic competition, which they claimed revealed its true value and thus should be the sole determinant: "When the railways were built, the stage coaches disppeared; they died a timely death. If zinc white is truly superior to white lead, it will kill us in the marketplace, but the government should not intervene." These were the words of Expert-Bezançon, in his February 1903 deposition to the parliamentary committee examining the bill for banning lead-based pigments in paint.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

progressive liberalist

反义词 1

conservative

上位词 3

actor worker doer

下位词 5

pluralist Whig latitudinarian libtard neoliberal
形容词

同义词 10

big free giving handsome loose broad tolerant bountiful big-hearted bounteous

反义词 1

conservative

近义相关 10

left generous progressive broad-minded socialized reformist inexact liberalistic neoliberal socialised

参见 1

left

相关短语

liberal arts n. 大学文科 Liberal Democrat 自民党人；自由民主党（成员） Liberal Democrats 自由民主党 liberal education 文科教育 liberal guilt 左翼罪恶感 liberal eugenics Liberal Republican Liberal Republicans Liberal Party 自由党 liberal science liberal sciences liberal homophobia liberal elite liberal elites

词源

The adjective is from Old French liberal, from Latin līberālis (“befitting a freeman”), from līber (“free”); it is attested since the 14th century. The noun is first attested in the 1800s.

来源：wiktionary