liberal

liberal
adjective

willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas
开明的
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。
■favourable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms
（尊重）自由的
liberal citizenship laws.
自由公民法。
■(in a political context) favouring individual liberty, free trade, and moderate political and social reform
自由主义的（政治上支持个人自由、自由贸易和适度的政治和社会改革）
a liberal democratic state.
自由民主的国家。
■(Liberal)of or characteristic of Liberals or a Liberal Party
自由党（人）的
■(Liberal)(in the UK) of or relating to the Liberal Democrat party
（英国）（与）自由民主党（有关）的
the Liberal leader.
自由党领袖。
■(Theology)regarding many traditional beliefs as dispensable, invalidated by modern thought, or liable to change
(神学)自由主义神学的（认为许多传统信仰并非必要，现代思想已证明其错误，或认为此种信仰有改变倾向的）
[attrib.](of education) concerned mainly with broadening a person's general knowledge and experience, rather than with technical or professional training
（教育）通才的（有别于技术或职业教育，以扩大学生知识面和增加其经验为主要目的的）
(especially of an interpretation of a law) broadly construed or understood; not strictly literal or exact
（尤指对法律条文的解释）在广义上理解的不拘泥于字面意义的
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。
given, used, or occurring in generous amounts
大量的
liberal amounts of wine had been consumed.
已喝掉不少酒。
■(of a person) giving generously
（人）慷慨的
Sam was too liberal with the wine.
山姆请人喝酒太慷慨了。

noun

a person of liberal views
思想开明的人
■(Liberal)a supporter or member of a Liberal Party
自由党支持者；自由党党员
■(Liberal)(in the UK) a Liberal Democrat
（英国）自由民主党人

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liberalism
noun
liberalist
noun
liberalistic
adjective
liberally
adverb
liberalness
noun
语源

Middle English: via Old French from Latin liberalis, from liber 'free (man'). The original sense was 'suitable for a free man', hence 'suitable for a gentleman' (one not tied to a trade), surviving in liberal arts. Another early sense 'generous' (compare with sense 4) gave rise to an obsolete meaning 'free from restraint', leading to sense 1 (late 18th cent.)

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