英 [ˈlɪb.ər.əl] 美 [ˈlɪb.ər.əl]
n. 理解且尊重他人意见的人; 宽容的人; 开明的人
adj. 宽宏大度的; 心胸宽阔的; 开明的; (政治经济上)自由的
网络 慷慨的; 心胸宽大的; 丰富的
Or is all this an empty conceit, the vaporing of the tired and overwrought brain of a life long liberal?
再不然,这一切是不是一种无聊的妄自尊大,是不是一个毕生开明的人疲乏过度大脑的幻想呢?
How many candidates is the Liberal Party running in the General Election?
在这次普选中,自由党有多少候选人竞选?
They disagreed on how to define "liberal" .
他们对如何解释“liberal”一词的词义有不同意见。
These liberal opinions the Major probably advanced both because they were just, and because he was not dealing with his own money.
少校鼓吹这种开明的观点,大概是因为它们是正确的,其次也因为他处理的反正不是他自己的钱。
They are trained in this art from their youth, and are not always of noble birth, or liberal education.
他们从小就受这种艺术表演的训练。他们并不一定都是贵族出身或者是受过高等教育。
Still the world into which she was inducted here was scarcely any more liberal or diversified than that from which she sprang.
虽然如此,她刚闯进来的这个天地,根本并不比她出生的地方开明多少,或者有什么不一样。
Bowles and Williams were particular targets of those who regarded large foreign aid efforts and liberal rhetoric as evidence of "softness. "
对那些把大规模的对外援助和开明的措辞看作是“软弱”表现的人来说,鲍尔斯和威廉斯就成为专门受人攻击的靶子。
He was most liberal where money would bring him a powerful or necessary political adherent.
在金钱能够收买一个干练的或者必需的政治拥护者的地方,他是很不惜花钱的。
Presidential leadership in the great liberal advances has generally come from men of wealth or family position or both.
在伟大的自由主义的进展中,总统的领袖才具总是出自有财富或家世或两者兼而有之的人物身上。
James was particularly liberal to her that Christmas.
詹姆士这次过圣诞节对待她特别优厚。
Why does 'liberal' mean one thing in the U. S. and almost the opposite in Britain and the rest of the English speaking world?
为什么“自由主义者”在美国所代表的东西与它在英国和其它英语国家所代表的背道而驰?
Come on , daddy , you can't hit me, you are a liberal humanist .
算了吧,老爸,你不会打我的。你是位心胸宽大的人道主义者。
Political commentators generate lots of heat, but when was the last time you heard about a liberal who was persuaded by Rush Limbaugh?
政治评论员总是能掀起热潮,不过你什么时候听说过一个自由主义者被RushLimbaugh说服了?
We absolutely swung way too far in the liberal lending, but did we have to swing so far back the other way?
我们绝对是走得距离自由借贷太远了,难道我们只能从另一条漫长的道路走回来?
"It's a very liberal country, " he said.
他说,「这里是很开放的国家。」阿联绝大部分人信奉回教。
How did Churchill and the other defenders of liberal civilization come to think as they did?
丘吉尔首相与其它自由文明的捍卫者是是怎样看待自已的所作所为的呢?
The pope is always making life difficult for liberal Catholics, too; so it goes.
教皇也总是让自由派天主教徒日子不好过;就是这样。
How did Soviets, Nazis and the defenders of liberal civilization come to think as they did?
二战中的苏联人、纳粹分子与那些自由文明的捍卫者是如何看待自己的所作所为的呢?
So what lessons are to be learned from the failure of the neo-liberal economic model?
那么我们到底要从新自由主义经济模式的失败中吸取些什么教训呢?
The fight got so nasty that the liberal blog Talking Points Memo asked, "Will America's Solar Civil War Destroy the Industry? "
争战变得如此的龌龊,以至自由派博客“谈资备忘录”拷问道,“美国的太阳能内战会不会摧毁工业?”
I try to be more liberal about such things than I used to be.
对这样的事,我尽量做到比以前更加豁达大度。
Todd: At this point, no one can say what the liberal movements in these countries will turn into.
托德:在此时刻,没人能够判断这些国家的自由主义运动将何去何从。
I have been a liberal housekeeper enough but I shall not be ashamed to practice economy now.
过去我大手大脚地管家,现在我要省着过了,不怕人笑话。
And he said he expected the much younger, more liberal wife to have a softening effect on her husband's conservative ideology.
他表示他期望这个年龄更轻、思想更开明的妻子对其夫保守的思想产生软化作用。
Lord Clement-Jones, the Liberal Democrat peer who tabled the amendment, said the changes would be welcomed by content creators.
提出修正案的自由民主党勋爵Clement-Jones表示,改动会受到内容创作者的欢迎。
The Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor, Vince Cable, said the report made "a few small steps towards transparency" but nothing like enough.
自由民主党影子大臣文斯·凯布尔(VinceCable)说,报告“朝透明化的目标迈出了几个小步”,但根本不够。
Bahrain was perceived to be a liberal oasis in the Persian Gulf, with a robust banking sector and a per capita income to rival Europe's.
巴林被视为波斯湾的自由绿洲,拥有健全的银行业和与可与欧洲竞争的人均收入。
One of the missions of liberal arts colleges is to teach kids how to think, talk and write.
文理学院教育的主要宗旨中就包括教育学生们如何思考、交谈、写作。
The 1890s witnessed wholesale acceptance of the theory of evolution by liberal theologians .
十九世纪九十年代,进化论被开明的神学家们全盘接受。
The Development of Corporate Liberal Policy Research inthe United States 1885-1965
美国企业自由政策的发展研究,1885-1965
Liberal arts majors, by comparison, do not leave college with a particular set of skills.
相比之下人文学科专业学生在离开大学后并没有一套特殊的技能。
That liberal group of Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund is now calling on Romney to release his gift tax returns.
这群美国人自由税收公平行动基金现在呼吁罗姆尼公布他的礼物纳税申报单。
This lack of verification was used in the 2008 U. S. presidential election by the liberal group MoveOn. org .
这种验证方面的漏洞被Move.org这个民主党团体用在了2008美国总统竞选中。
Idealistic, rights-oriented campaigns soak up some of the energy that used to go into old-fashioned liberal politics.
理想主义右倾者吸纳了这些通常投身于守旧自由主义政治团体的部分活力。