| 单词 | progressive |
| 释义 | progressive (prəgresɪv ) Word forms: progressives 1. adjective B2 Someone who is progressive or has progressive ideas has modern ideas about how things should be done, rather than traditional ones. ...a progressive businessman who had voted for Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936. Willan was able to point to the progressive changes he had already introduced. The children go to a progressive school. Synonyms: enlightened, liberal, modern, advanced A progressive is someone who is progressive. The Republicans were deeply split between progressives and conservatives. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A progressive change happens gradually over a period of time. One prominent symptom of the disease is progressive loss of memory. ...the progressive development of a common foreign and security policy. Synonyms: growing, continuing, increasing, developing progressively adverb [ADVERB with verb] Her symptoms became progressively worse. The amount of grant the council received was progressively reduced. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] In grammar, progressive means the same as continuous. Collocations: progressive attitude Life seems to be gathering speed, so your progressive attitude puts you in the right place to prosper. The Sun These progressive attitudes would also color her work outside of education. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She signified new, fresh, modern, showbizzy blood - and abundant, gracious, progressive attitudes. The Sun A lifelong socialist, he nevertheless found progressive attitudes to the theatre unsympathetic and a little absurd. The Times Literary Supplement They believe that with financial self-sufficiency and work for progressive causes, they will find fulfilment while staying true to their beliefs. The Sun However, some brands' attempts to embrace progressive causes have sparked a backlash. Times, Sunday Times Abolitionists, then, were radical democrats, champions of all manner of progressive causes. The Times Literary Supplement Well-heeled, welleducated people committed to multiculturalism, globalisation and other progressive causes tend to mix only with people like themselves. Times, Sunday Times Theologically, they were pietistic; politically, they supported progressive causes, and prohibition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But his health problems, which involve a progressive decline of his neurological system, made it difficult for him to participate in hearings or directly answer charges. Globe and Mail Various pressures in the latter part of the 20th century led to the progressive decline of wilderness resulting in the disturbance of viable tiger habitats. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, sector problems have led to a progressive decline of the shipyard. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The last decades of the 20th century saw a progressive decline of private pilot flights and a decreasing number of small aircraft. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each yuga represents a progressive decline in piety, morality, strength, stature, longevity and happiness. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And, of course, she gets stuck into committees, hearings and progressive legislation. Times,Sunday Times A new civil war will begin as the revamped court starts rolling back the progressive legislation of the past 40 years. Times, Sunday Times It must be an art: to construct such progressive legislation on such a cynical base. Globe and Mail He was of the opinion that rigidity tends to check progressive legislation or gradual innovation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This allowed progressive legislation and gradual liberalisation was effected. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In his community, he was known to be a fiscally conservative and socially progressive politician. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Dern was a progressive politician who fought for tax reform, public education, and social welfare. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Left liberals and socialists as well as communists have referred to him and quoted his apothegms regarding him as the ideal unselfish and consequent progressive politician. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This provides a huge opportunity for business and progressive politicians. Times, Sunday Times He proposed instead a transversalist policy, seeking the support of progressive politicians regardless of their party. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was not false hope: there was indeed then a progressive relaxation of the lockdown. Times,Sunday Times An expert guides you through progressive relaxation stages and awareness of your own breathing until you're in a blissful state of 'presence', while enjoying a lovely massage. Times, Sunday Times Behavioral therapies include progressive relaxation, stimulus control (to reassociate the bed with sleepiness), limiting time-in-bed to increase sleep efficiency and debunking misconceptions about sleep. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Unlike autosuggestion, autogenic training has been proven in clinical trials and, along with other relaxation techniques, such as progressive relaxation and meditation, has replaced autosuggestion in therapy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are many parallels to progressive relaxation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Music critics have often poured scorn on progressive rock for being boring, pompous and pretentious. Times, Sunday Times (2012) This is progressive rock at its most puritanical. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Are we in the thick of a progressive rock revival without realising it? Times, Sunday Times (2013) There was garage band rawness and progressive rock complexity, but without the brutality of the former or the self-indulgence of the latter. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He said that if there were concerns about income inequality then it was up to government to control it through progressive taxation. Times, Sunday Times Progressive taxation was not ideologically inspired, but was based on a pragmatic awareness that the rich had the money to pay for the war. Times, Sunday Times Social democracies typically employ various forms of progressive taxation regarding wage and business income, wealth, inheritance, capital gains and property. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hall was a strong proponent of progressive taxation to even out the inequalities of society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Inequality can be reduced by progressive taxation, wealth tax, and inheritance tax. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We will need the most progressive thinking from environmentalists and farmers within the framework of a supportive government to achieve these goals. Times, Sunday Times His administration was marked by progressive thinking, punctuality and discipline. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In doing so, the work encourages play but also encourages critical and progressive thinking on local contemporary issues. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His works were characterized by social satire, progressive thinking and outspoken criticism of accepted conventions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I'm extremely pleased with their progressive thinking. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Thus, revivalists had a progressive view of human history. Christianity Today This was a mistake, based on the progressive view that strict discipline and rehabilitation are incompatible. Times, Sunday Times It was fortunate for the common law that the progressive view prevailed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The village has a progressive view despite ground water constraints. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He must prove that he offers a vehicle for their progressive views that stands a chance of getting into power. Times, Sunday Times Plenty of dissatisfaction from the party's progressive wing was in evidence on the opening night. Times, Sunday Times There has been renewed strength in the progressive wing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The most progressive wing of the party, especially about ethical issues. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He sided with the progressive wing of his party, against the more conservative stand-patters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the same time he became aligned with the more progressive wing of the hierarchy because of the stances he took. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Opponents of the fee increase believe they are being socially progressive, but the outcome would be exactly the opposite. Times, Sunday Times The socially progressive people were saying they literally didn't know there were 2,000 other like- minded people living nearby. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps in these socially progressive times we have greater tolerance for atypical family structures but more likely it's a case of 'out of sight, out of mind'. Times, Sunday Times And yet hope lies in 'technically capable and socially progressive inquiry' and in 'pushing back against the rhetoric of transcendence'. The Times Literary Supplement It would promote such socially progressive steps as pensions and medicare and, if the public warmed to the ideas, the government of the day would claim them as its own. Globe and Mail Translations: Chinese: 进步的 Japanese: 進歩的な |
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