conservative
conservative 英 [kənˈsɜ:vətɪv] 美 [kənˈsɜrvətɪv]
adj. 保守的 n. 保守派，守旧者
名词复数:conservatives
- If you are conservative, you aren’t necessarily a card-carrying member of the Republican party (though you might be); it means you resist change.
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- adj. 保守的
- n. 保守派，守旧者
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1. the conservative views of his parents
他父母的保守观念
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2. Her style of dress was never conservative.
她的服装式样一点儿也不保守。
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3. Conservative members, Conservative supporters
保守党的党员╱支持者
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4. At a conservative estimate,he'll be earning £50 000.
按照保守的估计，他会赚到 5 万英镑。
- conservative (adj.) late 14c., conservatyf, "tending to preserve or protect, preservative, having the power to keep whole or safe," from Middle French conservatif, from Medieval Latin conservativus, from Latin conservatus, past participle of conservare "to keep, preserve, keep intact, guard," from assimilated form of com-, here probably an intensive prefix (see com-), + servare "keep watch, maintain" (from PIE root *ser- (1) "to protect").
- conservative (n.) late 14c., "means of preservation, a preservative," from conservative (adj.). The political use is by 1831, originally in a British context.
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