| 释义 |
Adjective: progressive pru'gresiv- Favouring or promoting progress
"progressive schools" - Favouring or promoting reform (often by government action)
- reformist, reform-minded - (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
- Gradually advancing in extent
- (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
"progressive euchre"; "progressive tournaments" - Advancing in severity
"progressive paralysis"
Noun: progressive pru'gresiv- A tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
- progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense - A person who favours a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
- liberal, liberalist
Derived forms: progressives See also: active, advanced, advancing, degressive, forward, forward-looking, forward-moving, increasing, industrial, innovative, liberal, modern, modernised [Brit], modernized, ordered, progressively, progressiveness, state-of-the-art Type of: adult, grownup, tense Antonym: regressive Encyclopedia: Progressive Progressive, Civic and Social Front |