liberal

['libərəl]

adj.慷慨的, 大方的, 开明的, 自由主义的
n.自由主义者, 开明的人
Liberal
n.自由党人

a.

1. 心胸宽阔的, 开明的, 公允的[(+in/to)]

The headmaster has liberal views about what his pupils should wear.

校长对他的学生应穿什么服装这一点持开明的态度。

2. 自由主义的, 允许变革的, 不守旧的

The church has become more liberal in this century.

本世纪教会变得不那么守旧了。

3. 通才教育的

Many educators advocate a liberal education.

很多教育家提倡通才教育。

4. 慷慨的, 大方的[(+with/of)]

He is liberal with his money.

他花钱大方。

5. 大量的, 丰富的, 充足的

My uncle gave me a liberal amount of money during my college years.

我上大学期间, 我叔叔给了我很多钱。

6. 自由的, 不拘泥于字面意思的

n.

自由主义者[C]

词形变化

副词: liberally | 名词: liberalness |

词义辨析

同义:

a.开明的; 大量的; 心胸宽阔的

generous  plentiful  abundant  ample  considerable  substantial  extravagant  lavish  extensive  unselfish  tolerant  freethinking  progressive  broad-minded  

同义参见:

left  cosmopolitan  expansive  benevolent  profuse  handsome  bounteous  catholic  

反义:

a.开明的; 自由主义的

dogmatic  compulsory  authoritarian  

反义参见:

stingy  

英英释义

名词 liberal:

a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

同义词：liberalist, progressive

a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

形容词 liberal:

showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

同义词：broad, large-minded, tolerant

having political or social views favoring reform and progress

tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition

given or giving freely

同义词：big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, openhanded

not literal

同义词：free, loose

补充

liberalliberal英:[ˈlibərəl] 美:[ˈlɪbərəl, ˈlɪbrəl]n.1.宽容大度的人2.自由主义者adj.1.心胸宽阔的, 无偏见的2.慷慨的, 大方的He has a liberal attitude to divorce and remarriage.他对离婚和再婚看得很开。They were liberal in their help.他们慷慨相助。3.开放的; 主张变革的This country adopts a liberal foreign policy.该国采用的是开放的外交政策。4.自由的, 不拘一格的

例句

1. a nation of free-thinking liberals随处可见思想开放的自由主义者的国度 2. These kinds of price controls go against all the financial principles of the free-market liberals.这些价格控制措施与推崇自由市场的自由主义者的经济原则相悖。 3. a liberal democracy with a multiparty political system多党制的自由民主 4. They favour liberal free-market policies.他们赞成开放的自由市场政策。 5. Their policy towards the country is to encourage a more liberal political regime there.他们对待该国的政策是鼓励建立一个更加自由的政治体制。 6. As always he is liberal with his jokes.和往常一样, 他出口就是笑话。 7. She made liberal use of her sister's make-up.她随意使用姐姐的化妆品。 8. I hope I'm as liberal as your father was.我希望自己像你父亲一样宽宏大量。 9. She has liberal views on divorce.她对离婚持开明的态度。 10. This seems to me a very liberal interpretation of the clause.在我看来, 这是对该条款的一种很自由的解读。 11. the values of a liberal education通才教育的价值 12. they have more liberal views towards marriage and divorce than some people.他们对结婚和离婚的看法比某些人要开明。 13. liberal citizenship laws.自由公民法。 14. a liberal democratic state.自由民主的国家。 15. the liberal leader.自由党领袖。 16. they could have given the 1968 Act a more liberal interpretation.他们对1968年法案的解释本可以不那么拘泥于字面。 17. liberal amounts of wine had been consumed.已喝掉不少酒。 18. Sam was too liberal with the wine.山姆请人喝酒太慷慨了。 19. He has very liberal parents.他的父母很开明。 20. liberal policies/politicians自由主义政策╱政治家 21. He's always considered himself a liberal.他总认为自己是个开明的人。 22. a leading liberal thinker重要的自由主义思想家 23. liberal politicians/policies自由派政治人物/政策 24. She is a liberal Democrat who married a conservative Republican.她是自由派民主党人，嫁给了一个保守派共和党人。 25. liberal voters/policies自由党选民/政策 26. She has a liberal attitude toward sex.她对性采取开放的态度。 27. She has always been liberal with her donations.她捐赠一向都很慷慨。 28. He made a very liberal donation to the museum.他向博物馆慷慨捐赠。 29. a cook who uses a liberal quantity of spices [=who uses a large amount of spices]大量使用调味品的厨师 30. a fairly liberal [=loose] interpretation of the law相当不严谨的法律解释 31. He received a liberal education.他读的是文科。 32. The book is liberally sprinkled with humor.这本书中穿插着大量的幽默。 33. She gave liberally to the charity.她向慈善机构慷慨捐赠。 34. a policy that is supported both by liberals and conservatives in Congress得到国会自由派和保守派共同支持的政策