| 单词 | liberal |
| 释义 | liberal (lɪbərəl ) Word forms: liberals 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Someone who has liberal views believes people should have a lot of freedom in deciding how to behave and think. She is known to have liberal views on divorce and contraception. Synonyms: tolerant, enlightened, open-minded, permissive Liberal is also a noun. ...a nation of free-thinking liberals. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A liberal system allows people or organizations a lot of political or economic freedom. ...a liberal democracy with a multiparty political system. They favour liberal free-market policies. Synonyms: progressive, radical, reformist, libertarian Liberal is also a noun. Price controls go against all the financial principles of free market liberals. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A Liberal politician or voter is a member of a Liberal Party or votes for a Liberal Party. The Liberal leader has announced his party's withdrawal from the election. Liberal is also a noun. The Liberals hold twenty-three seats on the local council. 4. adjective Liberal means giving, using, or taking a lot of something, or existing in large quantities. As always he is liberal with his jokes. [+ with] She made liberal use of her elder sister's make-up and clothes. Synonyms: abundant, generous, handsome, lavish liberally adverb [ADVERB with verb] Chemical products were used liberally over agricultural land. Collocations: liberal opposition Leaders of the liberal opposition were scathing about the election. Times, Sunday Times Some members of the liberal opposition are nervous about making common cause with the nationalists. Times, Sunday Times Six candidates have declared that they will run for the presidency, including four from the small liberal opposition. Times, Sunday Times Through 1977 liberal opposition formed organizations and issued open letters denouncing the government. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The liberal opposition secured the creation of a parliament, but the constitution was largely a conservative document reaffirming the monarchy's predominance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The demographer has long been an advocate of a more liberal policy. Times, Sunday Times Opposition politicians seized on the disclosure to demand that the government should reconsider its liberal policy on alcohol, as it prepares to publish a review of 24-hour drinking laws. Times, Sunday Times This slowly began to change in the 1980s and 1990s, with an unofficial liberal policy being put into place. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The city's liberal policy of extending citizenship probably created an opportunity for a skillful leader to gain the throne. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If he failed to impose his project of minimum income for youth, he led a moderate liberal policy in economy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even the most economically liberal politician knows that full privatisation, with the private sector taking all the risk, will never happen. Times, Sunday Times Then he springs a surprise, especially coming from a modern, liberal politician. Times, Sunday Times He was a moderate liberal politician. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was considered as a liberal politician. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His remarks drew criticism from some activists and liberal politicians. Times, Sunday Times Liberal politics may strive after supranational government, but globalisation and migration merely increase subordinate divisiveness. Times, Sunday Times He doesn't pay lip service to the specific brand of liberal politics one assumes, because he's an actor, he agrees with. Times, Sunday Times In that respect, he says, he's all for the liberal politics of representation. Times,Sunday Times Such asymmetric obligations violate the principle of equality that a liberal politics seeks to advance. The Times Literary Supplement His liberal politics fanned the flames of dissent. Times, Sunday Times Academics say he became genuinely committed to liberal principles. Times, Sunday Times For example, a textured reckoning with agape may imply a certain kind of community based not on liberal principles of contract and non-interference, but on shared meanings and projects. The Times Literary Supplement She remained fiercely loyal to liberal principles, but acknowledged how little impact they could have in reality. The Times Literary Supplement The country in 1914 was a democracy, albeit an incomplete one, governed on liberal principles. Times, Sunday Times The middle class elements were committed to liberal principles, while the working class sought radical improvements to their working and living conditions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He has said that he has never used it but wants to put his country in the vanguard of liberal reforms. Times, Sunday Times His grandfather, one of the strongest influences throughout his boyhood, had fought for the great liberal reforms of the nineteenth century. The Times Literary Supplement She said she hoped that there might be changes as the country's ruling princes begin to implement more liberal reforms. Times, Sunday Times In economy the party advocated completely liberal reforms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The most traditionalist sectors of the political sphere systematically tried to prevent liberal reforms and to sustain the patrilineal monarchy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This liberal regime led to a flood of licences awarded to new suppliers. Times,Sunday Times The coalition has introduced a more liberal regime. Times, Sunday Times After the 1848 revolution, an absolutist regime was established, followed by a liberal regime that came to power in 1860. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their aim was to rival the liberal regime for the control of the sources of power. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The bourgeoisie led several uprisings in favor of a more liberal regime to encourage free commercial enterprise. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The public mood in this traditionally liberal society didn't just warm to the plan, it embraced it with a passion. Times, Sunday Times In a liberal society there should be a legal right to say things that other people might happen to find offensive. Times, Sunday Times In a free and liberal society, the rule of law must be absolute. The Sun Of course, in a liberal society we want to do the decent thing. Times, Sunday Times Hateful actions must be subject to the law but freedom of conscience should characterise a truly liberal society. Times, Sunday Times Liberal thinkers tend to start with redistribution and spending - raise taxes on the rich, and use the funds to 'invest in' (also known as 'spend on') infrastructure projects. Times, Sunday Times Dubbed a 'crackdown on thought' by university tutors, the campaign comes as activists predict arrests and prison sentences for liberal thinkers over the next two months. Times, Sunday Times All these people claiming to be liberal thinkers. Times, Sunday Times In 1917, the bookstore became an intellectual point, receiving the daily visit of writers, poets, politicians and liberal thinkers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Like many 17th century liberal thinkers, he distrusted both hereditary power and democracy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They must embrace the 'basic normative theory' of the classical liberal tradition and apply it with libertarian vigour when they confront cases that raise 'structural and economic issues'. The Times Literary Supplement The preaching mainly reflects a moderate liberal tradition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The school thus developed a liberal tradition at the time of its inception, and 112 years later, the tradition has been maintained. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The book challenged key premises of contemporary liberal political philosophy, and drew praise even from thinkers working firmly within the liberal tradition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He contrasted this tradition with the liberal tradition, which conversely held that individual liberty was thought to culminate in political fraternity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was an eloquent exposition of liberal values delivered with notable passion. Times, Sunday Times Lacking any agreed ten commandments of liberal values today, they know not what they believe in. Times, Sunday Times A stimulating conversationalist, he was a stalwart champion of liberal values. Times, Sunday Times Liberal values are alive and well, but they need to work in practice as well as theory. Times, Sunday Times Politicians and the police consistently underestimate the role that faith plays in creating a world-view incompatible with our secular, liberal values. Times, Sunday Times The company had decided it didn't like his liberal views on file sharing. Times, Sunday Times His blend of liberal views and teasing pro-leave riffs confounds every stereotype. Times,Sunday Times Simplicity of manner and gentleness of temperament, liberal views and wide interests made her loved and valued by many. Times, Sunday Times Writers feared having their diaries examined by the police for evidence of liberal views. The Times Literary Supplement He agrees to run, thinking he can't win and can get a platform for his liberal views. Times, Sunday Times It wants to add welleducated liberal voters, from diverse communities, often living in cities. Times, Sunday Times Liberal voters tend to pick one face, conservatives the other. Times, Sunday Times It's a huge number and one disproportionately made up of the wealthy, liberal voters that dominate the public sphere. The Sun Rivals accuse him of flip-flopping, playing loose with facts and shading his record as governor to pander to liberal voters. Globe and Mail Far away from the original liberal voters and principles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Those of us on the liberal wing of the party were pinching ourselves. Times, Sunday Times Yet his rhetoric has often irritated those on its liberal wing. Times, Sunday Times Even some in the liberal wing serving urban seats have been surprised by the level of opposition in their mailbags. Times, Sunday Times Her politics were on the soft, liberal wing of her party. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was seen to be on the liberal wing of the party. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He's socially liberal and suspicious of too much government interference. Times, Sunday Times The phone pollsters as a group (each company has its own methods) seem to be doing better at capturing these more elusive socially liberal people. Times, Sunday Times Now we have two increasingly socially liberal major parties and one smaller socially conservative party. Times, Sunday Times At the same time voters are becoming more urban and more socially liberal. Times, Sunday Times Even the most cursory visit to the site reveals a group of highly opinionated, socially liberal and environmentally conscientious people. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 自由主义的 Japanese: リベラルな |
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