| 单词 | manchester policy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasManchester policy b. attributive. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Manchester school or its free-trade principles, as Manchester policy, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > specific principles or policies thorough1849 Manchester policy1851 tariff-reform1859 Manchesterdom1882 Manchesterism1883 Little Englandism1887 Manchesterianism1897 Poplarism1922 Euroscepticism1988 1851 J. Bright in G. B. Smith Life J. Bright (1881) I. 345 [In an address to his constituents.] Now, we are called the ‘Manchester Party’, and our policy is the ‘Manchester policy’, and this building I suppose is the schoolroom of the ‘Manchester School’. I do not repudiate that name at all. I think it is an honour [etc.]. 1881 J. Morley Life R. Cobden I. vi. 151 When we look back upon the affairs of that time [sc. 1854], we see that there were two policies open. Lord Palmerston's was one, the Manchester policy was the other. 1882 J. Rae in Contemp. Rev. Jan. 101 They repudiate the Manchester idolatry of self-interest. 1902 B. Kidd Princ. Western Civilization xi. 405 The inherent tendency of all economic evils to cure themselves if simply left alone—the characteristic doctrine of the Manchester school of thought in England. 2001 F. M. L. Thompson Gentrification & Enterprise Culture iv. 83 Manchester ideas were fine for commercial policy..but in other spheres they failed to impress. < as lemmas |
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