单词	Tory
释义	ToryTo‧ry /ˈtɔːri/ noun (plural Tories) [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINTory Origin: 1700-1800 Tory ‘Irish Catholic supporter of King James II’ (17-18 centuries), from Irish Gaelic toraidhe ‘robber’, from Middle Irish toir ‘chasing’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS It provides us with an appeal to a constituency the Tories have been allowed to monopolise. Michael Fallon, defending Darlington for the Tories, said health service reforms were working and were backed by doctors. No other alternative to the Tories is on offer. The Tories reply with accusations of scaremongering. The Tories therefore would fall 12 seats short of an overall majority. The implication of the ad was that Labour had produced mass unemployment and the Tories would cure it. They took 5 seats from the Tories to win control of the hung Council. word sets WORD SETS► Groupings agitate, verbagitation, nounagitator, nounbipartisan, adjectivebipartite, adjectivebloc, nounBolshevik, nouncapitalism, nouncentrist, adjectivecoalition, nouncommie, nouncommunism, nouncommunist, nouncommunist, adjectiveCon, confederacy, nounconfederate, nounconfederation, nouncongress, nounconservatism, nounDem., disloyal, adjectivedissident, noundivide, verbdivisive, adjectivefascism, nounfascist, nounfederal, adjectivefederate, verbfederation, nounfront, nounginger group, nounhegemony, nounheterodox, adjectiveIndependent, nouninfighting, nouninterest group, nounIRA, nounIron Curtain, the, Lab, Labour, nounleftie, nounleftist, adjectiveleft-of-centre, adjectiveleft-wing, adjectivelefty, nounLib Dem, nounLiberal, nounLiberal Democrats, nounLiberal Party, loyalist, nounLuddite, nounmachine, nounmajority leader, nounminority leader, nounmoderate, adjectivemoderate, nounmonarchist, nounmovement, nounnationalism, nounnationalist, adjectivenationalist, nounNazi, nounneutral, adjectivenon-partisan, adjectivepalace revolution, nounparamilitary, adjectivepartisan, adjectivepartisan, nounparty, nounparty political, adjectiveparty politics, nounpinko, nounpro-, prefixpro-choice, adjectiveR, rabble-rousing, nounradical, nounrally, nounreactionary, adjectiverealign, verbrebel, nounrebellion, nounrebellious, adjectivered, adjectivered, nounrepublican, nounrevolt, nounrevolt, verbrevolutionary, adjectiverevolutionary, nounrightist, adjectiveright-of-centre, adjectiveright-wing, adjectiveroyalist, nounseparatist, nounspecial interest group, nounsplinter group, nounsplit, verbsubcommittee, nounsubversion, nounsuffragette, nounsympathizer, nounsympathy, nountendency, nounTory, nounTrotskyite, nountrue-blue, adjectiveUnionist, nounuprising, nounWhig, nounwing, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a Labour/Democratic/Tory etc majority · Republican majorities were elected in both Houses of Congress that year. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► labour · Both Labour and the Tories have strengthened their position since last week.· But even Labour v Tories is better than a party-political system which depends on religion, and an accident of birth.· That is why Labour and the Tories stand in areas where they know they will lose their deposits. ► senior · He has support from senior Tories, including many Cabinet Ministers. VERB► vote · I shall vote Tory because the Tories are purveyors to the quality.· Its huge majority was the result of Labour / Lib Dem tactical voting against Tories. a member of the British Conservative Party:  a lifelong Tory—Tory adjective [only before noun]:  Tory principles
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