| 单词 | liberal party |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLiberal Party Liberal Party n. (also with lower-case initial(s)) any of various political parties advocating individual rights and freedoms, as: (a) British one of the two major political parties of the late 19th and early 20th cent.; (b) Canadian one of the two most prominent parties, formed in the mid 19th cent. and generally advocating a centrist position; (c) Australian a centre-right party founded in 1944, one of the two major political parties.In the United Kingdom, the term Liberal Party gradually displaced Whig Party over the course of the mid 19th cent., finally superseding it in the 1860s under the leadership of William Ewart Gladstone. In 1988 this party merged with the Social Democratic Party; cf. Liberal Democrat n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > other national politics > [noun] > specific parties in Australia Liberal Party1814 ALP1922 U.A.P.1936 society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > a Liberal Liberal Party1814 liberal1819 Lib1885 society > authority > rule or government > politics > other national politics > [noun] > Canadian politics > specific party Liberal Party1814 Socred1955 Social Credit Party1958 Parti Québécois1968 1814Liberal party [see sense A. 5b]. 1814 Caledonian Mercury 30 May The liberal party (this is the name of the party which forms the majority in the Cortes), and the servile party..are on the point of coming to blows. 1846 Spectator 26 Sept. 913/1 A certain Whig section of the Liberal party in London. 1875 Daily Free Press (Winnipeg) 17 Mar. [The resolutions] are favourably received by a large majority—perhaps five-sixths—of the Liberal party of the Dominion. 1885 W. E. Gladstone in B. Holland Life Dk. Devonshire (1911) II. xxi. 91 The question of the House of Lords, of the Church, or both, will probably split the Liberal Party. 1921 B. de Siebert tr. G. Schreiner Entente Diplomacy & World iii. 466 The objections of the Liberal Party to Russian reactionariness was certainly but a faint imitation of what the French radicals felt. 1966 H. Mayer Austral. Politics 394 For Liberal party leaders, on the other hand, the Senate can be an embarrassment. 1975 Weekend Mag. (Montreal) 29 Nov. 3 Springate is at the very bottom of the Liberal Party in Quebec rather than near the top. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Apr. 4/4 One of the many thought-provoking features of this tour d'horizon is how close the Liberal Party has come to outright death during the time surveyed. < as lemmas |
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