progressive
progressive 英 [prəˈgresɪv] 美 [prəˈɡrɛsɪv]
adj. 渐进的，进步的 n. 进步人士；开明人士
名词复数:progressives
- People who are progressive favor reform and civil liberties: this is the opposite of conservative, and means something close to liberal.
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- adj. 渐进的，进步的
- n. 进步人士；开明人士
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1. progressive schools
开明的学校
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2. a progressive muscular disease
逐渐严重的肌肉病症
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3. a progressive reduction in the size of the workforce
劳力数量的逐步减少
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4. political battles between progressives and conservatives
改革派与保守派之间的政治斗争
- progressive (adj.) c. 1600, "characterized by advancement" (in action, character, etc.), from progress (n.) + -ive, or else from French progressif, from past participle stem of Latin progredi. Of taxation, from 1889; of jazz, from 1947. Meaning "characterized by striving for change and innovation, avant-garde, liberal" is from 1908.
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