Definition of liberal in English:

liberal

adjective ˈlɪb(ə)r(ə)lˈlɪb(ə)rəl

1Willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas.
尊重不同见解（或行为）的；能接受新思想的；开明的
liberal views towards divorce
Example sentencesExamples
- His liberal family accepted his homosexuality.
- I think it is even more important than ever that the open, generous, liberal view have a responsible and regular voice.
- Why do liberal ideas often connect to unhappiness?
- That we shouldn't meddle in other countries if our own country needs work is also a liberal idea.
- It's not a liberal idea that will cause the ruination of civilization.
- In spite of all experience they hoped that Prussia was more open to liberal ideas than Austria.
- Who will defend liberal ideas against the enemy of liberal ideas?
- Friends and family call me liberal, but that's not entirely true.
- A deepening conflict between the liberal intelligentsia and the government has developed over the last several years.
- Western countries pride themselves on their supposedly liberal acceptance of different cultures.
- I think that these kinds of liberal ideas are pervasive in Western societies.
- The result: a man with some very liberal ideas, such as nationalized healthcare, won.
- They tend to be more liberal on social issues.
- My parents are very liberal and open so we'll be fine.
- He's too liberal on social issues and his name sends minority communities into a rage.
Synonyms
unbiased, unprejudiced, prejudice-free, accepting, non-partisan, neutral, non-aligned, non-judgemental, non-discriminatory, anti-discrimination, objective, disinterested, dispassionate, detached
1. 1.1 Favourable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms.
  赞同（或尊重）个人权利和自由的
  liberal citizenship laws
  自由公民法。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Freedom and a liberal society was redeemed for some but not all.
  They dream of a better life in Britain, where immigration laws are relatively liberal and they have an easier path to becoming legal residents.
  The biggest complaint, a problem the U.S. has been pushing to address, is forced overtime in defiance of what is, on paper, a liberal Cambodian labor law.
  Look at Ireland and Scotland and their liberal liquor laws - drunks rage all night.
  If New Zealand's liberal media ownership laws have a virtue, it's that of simplicity.
  However, the country is rich in natural resources and has liberal foreign investment laws.
  French archival laws became more liberal after 1975, and historians were less prone to see their task as glorifying the Resistance.
  The New Jersey Restaurant Association earlier this summer reported a surge in business as smokers travelled across from New York to avail of its more liberal laws.
  The liberal state should be neutral towards people's ethical ideas.
  We ought to remember that Thai immigration laws are actually very liberal.
  Crime rates here are comparable to, and in many cases lower than, those in countries with liberal gun laws.
  New Zealand law has taken a very liberal approach to dual citizenship, particularly since 1977.
  It would seem that we are, unless we can change the liberal laws of our country.
  Accordingly, the calling to account of ministers in the Chamber was authorized in 1867 and a liberal press law was passed in 1868.
  In contrast, countries like the UK and the Netherlands have always enjoyed liberal laws relating to the content of vitamins, with few restrictions.
  The government encourages the existence of charitable NGOs through tax exemptions and liberal laws of association and incorporation.
  If that narrow path is crossed carefully, Turkey could eventually be a more open, more liberal society.
  The Mises Institute is located in Alabama, a state blessed with very liberal gun laws.
  It is still, by world standards, a free, open, liberal society.
  Our state will be a shining beacon of liberal freedom, where anyone and everyone will have the right to live any way they want, and believe whatever they want.
  Synonyms
  tolerant, unprejudiced, unbigoted, broad-minded, open-minded, enlightened, forbearing
  permissive, free, free and easy, easy-going, laissez-faire, libertarian, latitudinarian, unbiased, impartial, non-partisan, indulgent, lenient, lax, soft
2. 1.2 (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的）
  a liberal democratic state
  自由民主的国家。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If one is to be truly for liberal government and social democracy, then you must be for these things abroad as well as at home.
  Politicians in modern liberal democracies confidently expect to die in bed.
  In liberal democracies, most political participation stems from the initiatives of individuals or of institutions that are not formally part of government.
  Second is the fact that liberal democracy could not flourish without modern science and technology.
  Its own steady drift to the right over the last quarter-century mirrors the breakdown of the objective basis in the United States for a program of liberal social reform.
  Social reformism within a liberal democratic framework is apparently just one more snare in the mechanism of domination.
  It comes from a deep-seated conviction that there is only one economic system, the globalised free market, set in the political context of liberal democracy.
  The first is the centrality of liberal democracy to contemporary political philosophy.
  As unyielding as any of the cold war communist regimes, it is neither economically liberal nor politically democratic, but has ruled for all but one of the past 46 years.
  In many respects it is conducted in more earnest, for higher stakes, and against greater odds than political life in liberal democracies.
  The Democrats have abandoned any policy of liberal social reform and adapted themselves, in deeds if not in words, to the class-war policies of the Republicans.
  It goes beyond this of course, and makes arguments and is at home in liberal democratic politics.
  If the book gets bogged down occasionally in its liberal social, political, economic, etc discourse, it can be forgiven.
  In the context of a liberal democratic society, this is a preferred approach to either party having a monopoly of power or the government regulating all aspects of employment.
  The next major burst of policy activity came three decades later as America entered a period of liberal progressive politics.
  Different historical and social contexts have shaped the political goals of liberal socialism.
  This party, which long ago abandoned its past association with liberal social reforms, cannot and will not defend the programs it once championed.
  This trend is scarring the social landscape of every liberal democracy, and it doesn't only hit us on the roads.
  Republican liberalism is built on the claim that liberal democracies are more peaceful and law-abiding than are other political systems.
  It has, in the intervening period, abandoned its residual ties to liberal reformism and any genuine defense of democratic rights.
  Synonyms
  progressive, advanced, modern, forward-looking, forward-thinking, progressivist, go-ahead, enlightened, reformist, radical
  left-wing, leftist, freethinking, politically correct, PC
  informal right-on
3. 1.3 Relating to Liberals or a Liberal Party, especially (in the UK) 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。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If you're in a safe Labor or safe Liberal seat, you'll get nothing.
  Progress will depend on the city's new Liberal Democrat leaders who are not yet in a position to respond.
  No, both the Labor and Liberal Parties have always used their patronage system to sometimes stack the board with party political hacks.
  You have to go back to before the First World War when the then Liberal party held the reins of power in the city.
  Someone said that the last five Liberal leaders in New South Wales have been Catholics.
4. 1.4Theology 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）
  Example sentencesExamples
  These similarities notwithstanding, liberal Catholicism and Modern Orthodoxy seem to be currently facing two different fates.
  Others who had found that church too theologically liberal for their tastes espoused a more traditional theology.
  In this regard then, post-Christian liberal religion is at odds with peace and justice movements that struggle to remain Christian.
  Modern liberal seekers found him unnecessarily complicated or downbeat, while Christians found his theology thin and secular.
  Wilson himself focuses on two options that thrived during the modern period: liberal Protestantism and Catholic modernism.
2attributive (of education) concerned 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）
the provision of liberal adult education
Example sentencesExamples
- Some standards are more explicit than others, but efforts are underway to enhance the relationship between professional and liberal education.
- The history of higher education teaches us that liberal education is inextricably intertwined with normative goals.
- Growing numbers of college students, however, never experience the richness of a liberal education.
- The need for such programs could be diminished if more high school graduates were better prepared for college and a liberal education.
- College presidents mobilize to promote liberal education for all students.
- Learning communities can bring general education, liberal education, and, sometimes, the major together.
- New technologies offer rich opportunities for enhancing the skills that liberal education seeks to develop.
- The academy is reinventing the practice of liberal education - but seems bent on ensuring that no one knows.
- However, a number of studies have suggested that both professional education and liberal education can profit from integration.
- Our responsibility is to preserve and protect liberal education for those students who come to us in the trust that education can change lives of base metal into gold.
- The availability of a liberal education curriculum by itself is unlikely to stem the tide of technical training.
- Those are precisely the skills taught by liberal education.
- In Korea, general education, rather than liberal education, is the preferred term.
- Community colleges offering two-year programs in liberal education and occupational training meet both of these criteria.
- The notion of integrating the goals of liberal education into students' majors was taken seriously.
- In other words, teacher trainees must acquire knowledge of subject matter, as well as a general liberal education.
- Interdisciplinarity and community are critical elements of this learning community's notion of liberal education.
- Specifically, the annual meeting believes it important to state the values of a liberal education for all students and for society at large.
- I have been wondering how to view this broader version of time management as part of a liberal education.
- A quality liberal education leads students to reflect on their place in the world and locate themselves historically and socially.
Synonyms
wide-ranging, broad-based, general, humanistic
3(especially of an interpretation of a law) broadly construed or understood; not strictly literal.
（尤指对法律条文的解释）从广义上解释（或理解）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年法案的解释本可不那么拘泥于字面的。
Example sentencesExamples
- Similarly, Dutch courts have placed a liberal interpretation on Dutch legislative provisions on jurisdiction over war crimes.
- Winning the appreciation of an orthodox audience, with a liberal interpretation of a traditional play, is next to impossible.
- We will often give very liberal interpretations to vague or inconsistent claims about ourselves in order to make sense out of the claims.
- Legally this was accommodated by the relevant regulators adopting a more liberal interpretation of the legislation, and to some extent through judicial approval of those decisions.
- Pope John Paul's papacy has been marked by his attempt to maintain the traditionalist wing of the Church while rejecting more liberal interpretations.
- This last qualification allowed a liberal interpretation of the system.
- Statutes providing such benefits are to be given a liberal interpretation so as to achieve their objective.
- It seemed a liberal interpretation of the term ‘cosmopolitan’ - but then that's rural living for you.
- Ms. Landolt suggests that such liberal interpretations of the Charter's freedom of expression guarantees give licence to extreme social deviance.
- Many activists of the sharia movement in economic discourse and activities are also against a liberal interpretation of Islam.
- For the purpose of combining crosses we recommend liberal interpretation of this test and careful attention to other sources of evidence.
- Dr Javaid Iqbal, in the end, approves of the Sufis' liberal interpretation of Islam, which helped poetry, music and dance to find a place in Muslim culture.
- The other regional accrediting associations that were reviewed have faculty guidelines that could have a more liberal interpretation.
- This is a much more liberal interpretation of success.
- Although there is a reluctance to admit it, the liberal interpretation is largely confessional and pastoral in its tone and direction.
- The liberal interpretation could be demonstrated by an overview and then by explaining selective examples.
- These are liberal interpretations of the text to be sure.
- Based purely on a regulation about religious cults, some officials began to offer liberal interpretations.
- There are also divisions between those who interpret the Qur'an literally and those who are more liberal in its interpretation.
- This subsection must be given a large and liberal interpretation to achieve the overall purpose of the Rules.
Synonyms
flexible, broad, loose, rough, non-restrictive, free, general, non-literal, non-specific, not literal, not strict, not close
inexact, imprecise, vague, indefinite, ill-defined, unrigorous, unmeticulous
4Given, used, or occurring in generous amounts.
大量的
liberal amounts of wine had been consumed
已喝掉大量的酒。
Example sentencesExamples
- Water plants deeply once a week as weather heats up, and surround them with liberal amounts of mulch to shade the soil and add organic matter.
- Elaine poured out a liberal amount of brandy to warm him.
- Tips for reducing exposure to UV radiation include wearing protective clothing, applying liberal amounts of sunscreen and staying in the shade as much as possible.
- There was also a liberal amount of calamari, but mostly just legs that weren't that appealing to chase around with a fork.
- Sprinkle a liberal amount over dry carpeting or upholstery, making sure the item is covered with a thin layer of baking soda.
- Note that the patient has used liberal amounts of hair gel, hair spray, and perfume, all of which act as fuel and accelerants for a fire.
- On the floor of the first gallery, a space meant to represent aridity, would be a few shallow pools of oil, small amounts of glass and liberal sprinklings of red powder.
- She poured a liberal amount over her cereal, and then began to eat.
- Then you want a nice mayo, white vinegar, relish base, with liberal amounts of pepper, some salt and paprika.
- Another excellent combination is with sushi, especially if you like a liberal amount of wasabi with your fish.
- Grate liberal amounts of Parmesan on top, making sure your eagerness doesn't cause you to scrape the tips of your fingers on your extra sharp cheese grater.
- This early stage of the diet allows liberal amounts of fat and protein, and only twenty grams of carbohydrates per day.
- Remove to a large oven tray, and add liberal amounts of good olive oil and sea salt.
- Current tradition requires dousing the beast in a liberal amount of whisky while accompanying it with an even larger measure.
- Garden ponds won't count, though, so if you have a swimming pool, fill it with water lilies and goldfish, take down the diving board and apply liberal amounts of weed and reeds until he has gone.
- Group scout leader Ann Pope restored the mace to its former glory with liberal amounts of metal polish, furniture wax and elbow grease, and a handing-back ceremony was arranged.
- His dirty blond hair, having been cut short three months previous, had grown out some, and the man had spiked it using the girls' hair gel in liberal amounts.
- If circumstances allow, at a party or ceremony, grilled chicken, soft drinks, and bottled beer are served and consumed in liberal amounts.
- He ordered a cup of black coffee and a Danish, added a liberal amount of milk, then found a stool facing the boarding gates and sat down.
- Wide windows stared out across the porch into the street, and, in return, brought in liberal amounts of the clear autumn sunshine.
Synonyms
abundant, copious, ample, plentiful, generous, lavish, luxuriant, profuse, considerable, prolific, rich
galore
excessive, immoderate, superabundant, overabundant
informal over the top
literary plenteous
1. 4.1 (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。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was very liberal when it came to buying drinks, and in return I was a friend to him.
  Ellis was liberal with the fiction and facts in his new novel.
  Their son was particularly concerned that we bless the space under his bed, so I was liberal with the holy water for his sake.
  He was even liberal in dishing out helpings for Natalia.
  Synonyms
  generous, magnanimous, open-handed, unsparing, unstinting, ungrudging, lavish, free, munificent, bountiful, beneficent, benevolent, big-hearted, kind-hearted, kind, philanthropic, charitable, altruistic, unselfish
  extravagant, overgenerous, generous to a fault, immoderate, wasteful, overabundant, profligate, prodigal, thriftless, improvident, intemperate, unrestrained, wild
  informal over the top
  literary bounteous

noun ˈlɪb(ə)r(ə)lˈlɪb(ə)rəl

1A person of liberal views.
思想开明的人
a concern among liberals about the relation of the citizen to the state
Example sentencesExamples
- They say the very thing that social liberals want to hear.
- The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards.
- For liberals to make such arguments effectively, they must first take back their movement from the softs.
- We liberals tend to get awfully paranoid about these coincidences, don't we?
- How could he be defended in the pages of our press by supposed liberals and left-wingers?
- The mania about guns emanating from America's white middle-class liberals seems peculiarly off-base to me.
- Many economic liberals have an optimistic view of economic globalization.
- Extreme liberals tend to be those who have not found rules at all congenial.
- Today's liberals have a naive overconfidence in seemingly easy, scientific answers to social problems.
- I think most liberals really do oppose the war.
- Nobody ever accused Ronald Reagan of being a bleeding-heart liberal.
- From being radical liberals they now became national socialists.
- Now I surely disagree with most liberals on many specific moral issues.
- Worst of all, though, are well-meaning liberals who assist in this subterfuge.
- Classical liberals believe that the precautions and warfare are necessary to protect the bubble.
- Bleeding heart liberals have said the new regulations will deny free speech.
- You don't have to be a so-called bleeding-heart liberal or a low-income worker to worry about inequality.
- Leftists and liberals find this turn of events an indication of bad days to come.
- He didn't leave behind a platform with which the moderate liberals could identify.
- His embrace of the doctrine of zero tolerance, however, infuriates liberals.
1. 1.1 A supporter or member of a Liberal Party, especially (in the UK) a Liberal Democrat.
  Example sentencesExamples
  That's what their forefathers did when they broke from the Liberals over 100 years ago.
  It ensures that Labor will not be socialist and that the Liberals will not be liberal.
  The Liberals said they were opposed to the war but supported it once it began.
  A vote for Plaid or the Liberals could let the Tories in by the back door.
  In response to this campaign, the Liberals have scuttled still further to the right.
  The pamphlet concluded with an appeal for voters to place the Liberals last in the election.
  She lost her deposit, as did many hundreds of Liberals in that election.
  Council tax has gone up because of the appalling mess the Tories and Liberals are making of running the council.
  To essentially claim that he is no better than the Liberals or Tories is plain sectarianism.
  It's about using fear and xenophobia as a tool to scare people into voting for the Liberals at the next election.
  The ruling Liberals remained the largest party but lost a lot of support.
  The federal Liberals have taken wasting the public's money to a whole new level.
  It will be a tragedy if the Liberals continue to be the main beneficiaries of this.
  The Liberals opposed the increase in the national minimum wage to just £4.85 an hour.
  Is Labor seriously making common cause with the Liberals to subvert the rule of law?
  The Tories and Liberals were easily beaten into third and fourth places.
  The Liberals were, at the time, the party to which many radicals looked when it came to elections.
  I think giving the Liberals a chance would be healthy - it has been in the Scottish parliament.
  At the time, the Liberals pledged to make health and education spending a priority.
  Churchill allegedly made his move to the Liberals on the issue of free trade.

Derivatives

liberalness

noun

The Finance and Expenditure Committee did not suggest any changes to the bill that significantly affected the balance between the restrictiveness and the liberalness of the regime.

Origin

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 of the adjective) gave rise to an obsolete meaning 'free from restraint', leading to sense 1 of the adjective (late 18th century).

Rhymes

illiberal

Definition of liberal in US English:

liberal

adjectiveˈlɪb(ə)rəlˈlib(ə)rəl

1Open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.
they have more liberal views toward marriage and divorce than some people
他们对结婚和离婚的看法比某些人要开明。
Example sentencesExamples
- Friends and family call me liberal, but that's not entirely true.
- Why do liberal ideas often connect to unhappiness?
- They tend to be more liberal on social issues.
- He's too liberal on social issues and his name sends minority communities into a rage.
- My parents are very liberal and open so we'll be fine.
- A deepening conflict between the liberal intelligentsia and the government has developed over the last several years.
- It's not a liberal idea that will cause the ruination of civilization.
- The result: a man with some very liberal ideas, such as nationalized healthcare, won.
- Western countries pride themselves on their supposedly liberal acceptance of different cultures.
- I think it is even more important than ever that the open, generous, liberal view have a responsible and regular voice.
- His liberal family accepted his homosexuality.
- Who will defend liberal ideas against the enemy of liberal ideas?
- I think that these kinds of liberal ideas are pervasive in Western societies.
- In spite of all experience they hoped that Prussia was more open to liberal ideas than Austria.
- That we shouldn't meddle in other countries if our own country needs work is also a liberal idea.
Synonyms
unbiased, unprejudiced, prejudice-free, accepting, non-partisan, neutral, non-aligned, non-judgemental, non-discriminatory, anti-discrimination, objective, disinterested, dispassionate, detached
1. 1.1 Favorable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms.
  赞同（或尊重）个人权利和自由的
  liberal citizenship laws
  自由公民法。
  Example sentencesExamples
  However, the country is rich in natural resources and has liberal foreign investment laws.
  If that narrow path is crossed carefully, Turkey could eventually be a more open, more liberal society.
  New Zealand law has taken a very liberal approach to dual citizenship, particularly since 1977.
  It would seem that we are, unless we can change the liberal laws of our country.
  Look at Ireland and Scotland and their liberal liquor laws - drunks rage all night.
  French archival laws became more liberal after 1975, and historians were less prone to see their task as glorifying the Resistance.
  The Mises Institute is located in Alabama, a state blessed with very liberal gun laws.
  The liberal state should be neutral towards people's ethical ideas.
  It is still, by world standards, a free, open, liberal society.
  They dream of a better life in Britain, where immigration laws are relatively liberal and they have an easier path to becoming legal residents.
  We ought to remember that Thai immigration laws are actually very liberal.
  Crime rates here are comparable to, and in many cases lower than, those in countries with liberal gun laws.
  If New Zealand's liberal media ownership laws have a virtue, it's that of simplicity.
  The biggest complaint, a problem the U.S. has been pushing to address, is forced overtime in defiance of what is, on paper, a liberal Cambodian labor law.
  Freedom and a liberal society was redeemed for some but not all.
  Accordingly, the calling to account of ministers in the Chamber was authorized in 1867 and a liberal press law was passed in 1868.
  Our state will be a shining beacon of liberal freedom, where anyone and everyone will have the right to live any way they want, and believe whatever they want.
  The government encourages the existence of charitable NGOs through tax exemptions and liberal laws of association and incorporation.
  The New Jersey Restaurant Association earlier this summer reported a surge in business as smokers travelled across from New York to avail of its more liberal laws.
  In contrast, countries like the UK and the Netherlands have always enjoyed liberal laws relating to the content of vitamins, with few restrictions.
  Synonyms
  tolerant, unprejudiced, unbigoted, broad-minded, open-minded, enlightened, forbearing
2. 1.2 (in a political context) favoring maximum individual liberty in 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的）
  a liberal democratic state
  自由民主的国家。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As unyielding as any of the cold war communist regimes, it is neither economically liberal nor politically democratic, but has ruled for all but one of the past 46 years.
  Different historical and social contexts have shaped the political goals of liberal socialism.
  This trend is scarring the social landscape of every liberal democracy, and it doesn't only hit us on the roads.
  If the book gets bogged down occasionally in its liberal social, political, economic, etc discourse, it can be forgiven.
  In the context of a liberal democratic society, this is a preferred approach to either party having a monopoly of power or the government regulating all aspects of employment.
  The next major burst of policy activity came three decades later as America entered a period of liberal progressive politics.
  This party, which long ago abandoned its past association with liberal social reforms, cannot and will not defend the programs it once championed.
  It comes from a deep-seated conviction that there is only one economic system, the globalised free market, set in the political context of liberal democracy.
  If one is to be truly for liberal government and social democracy, then you must be for these things abroad as well as at home.
  Politicians in modern liberal democracies confidently expect to die in bed.
  It goes beyond this of course, and makes arguments and is at home in liberal democratic politics.
  In liberal democracies, most political participation stems from the initiatives of individuals or of institutions that are not formally part of government.
  The Democrats have abandoned any policy of liberal social reform and adapted themselves, in deeds if not in words, to the class-war policies of the Republicans.
  Social reformism within a liberal democratic framework is apparently just one more snare in the mechanism of domination.
  In many respects it is conducted in more earnest, for higher stakes, and against greater odds than political life in liberal democracies.
  Republican liberalism is built on the claim that liberal democracies are more peaceful and law-abiding than are other political systems.
  It has, in the intervening period, abandoned its residual ties to liberal reformism and any genuine defense of democratic rights.
  Its own steady drift to the right over the last quarter-century mirrors the breakdown of the objective basis in the United States for a program of liberal social reform.
  Second is the fact that liberal democracy could not flourish without modern science and technology.
  The first is the centrality of liberal democracy to contemporary political philosophy.
  Synonyms
  progressive, advanced, modern, forward-looking, forward-thinking, progressivist, go-ahead, enlightened, reformist, radical
3. 1.3 Of or characteristic of Liberals or a Liberal Party.
  自由党（人）的
  Example sentencesExamples
  The left often laments the ideological gulf between itself and even the most liberal Democrats in office.
  Moreover, they tended to characterize conservative senators critically while characterizing liberal senators in flattering terms.
  Some were outraged and maintained that Auburn had become too liberal.
  Most liberal Democrats have never been willing to recognize that extent to which terrorism threatens this country.
  An equally uncritical response came from liberal politicians in the Democratic Party.
  The problem, of course, is that a wave of chaotic, uncoordinated ads funded by a variety of liberal groups interested in different issues could do nearly as much harm as good.
  Sometimes they become conservative and sometimes they become liberal about these things.
4. 1.4 (in the UK) 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。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If you're in a safe Labor or safe Liberal seat, you'll get nothing.
  Someone said that the last five Liberal leaders in New South Wales have been Catholics.
  You have to go back to before the First World War when the then Liberal party held the reins of power in the city.
  No, both the Labor and Liberal Parties have always used their patronage system to sometimes stack the board with party political hacks.
  Progress will depend on the city's new Liberal Democrat leaders who are not yet in a position to respond.
5. 1.5Theology 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）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Others who had found that church too theologically liberal for their tastes espoused a more traditional theology.
  Modern liberal seekers found him unnecessarily complicated or downbeat, while Christians found his theology thin and secular.
  In this regard then, post-Christian liberal religion is at odds with peace and justice movements that struggle to remain Christian.
  These similarities notwithstanding, liberal Catholicism and Modern Orthodoxy seem to be currently facing two different fates.
  Wilson himself focuses on two options that thrived during the modern period: liberal Protestantism and Catholic modernism.
2attributive (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）
Example sentencesExamples
- In Korea, general education, rather than liberal education, is the preferred term.
- The availability of a liberal education curriculum by itself is unlikely to stem the tide of technical training.
- Growing numbers of college students, however, never experience the richness of a liberal education.
- College presidents mobilize to promote liberal education for all students.
- Specifically, the annual meeting believes it important to state the values of a liberal education for all students and for society at large.
- The need for such programs could be diminished if more high school graduates were better prepared for college and a liberal education.
- Our responsibility is to preserve and protect liberal education for those students who come to us in the trust that education can change lives of base metal into gold.
- The academy is reinventing the practice of liberal education - but seems bent on ensuring that no one knows.
- New technologies offer rich opportunities for enhancing the skills that liberal education seeks to develop.
- A quality liberal education leads students to reflect on their place in the world and locate themselves historically and socially.
- Learning communities can bring general education, liberal education, and, sometimes, the major together.
- Interdisciplinarity and community are critical elements of this learning community's notion of liberal education.
- Community colleges offering two-year programs in liberal education and occupational training meet both of these criteria.
- The history of higher education teaches us that liberal education is inextricably intertwined with normative goals.
- In other words, teacher trainees must acquire knowledge of subject matter, as well as a general liberal education.
- However, a number of studies have suggested that both professional education and liberal education can profit from integration.
- The notion of integrating the goals of liberal education into students' majors was taken seriously.
- Some standards are more explicit than others, but efforts are underway to enhance the relationship between professional and liberal education.
- I have been wondering how to view this broader version of time management as part of a liberal education.
- Those are precisely the skills taught by liberal education.
Synonyms
wide-ranging, broad-based, general, humanistic
3(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）从广义上解释（或理解）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年法案的解释本可不那么拘泥于字面的。
Example sentencesExamples
- For the purpose of combining crosses we recommend liberal interpretation of this test and careful attention to other sources of evidence.
- Winning the appreciation of an orthodox audience, with a liberal interpretation of a traditional play, is next to impossible.
- Based purely on a regulation about religious cults, some officials began to offer liberal interpretations.
- This last qualification allowed a liberal interpretation of the system.
- There are also divisions between those who interpret the Qur'an literally and those who are more liberal in its interpretation.
- We will often give very liberal interpretations to vague or inconsistent claims about ourselves in order to make sense out of the claims.
- This is a much more liberal interpretation of success.
- This subsection must be given a large and liberal interpretation to achieve the overall purpose of the Rules.
- Statutes providing such benefits are to be given a liberal interpretation so as to achieve their objective.
- These are liberal interpretations of the text to be sure.
- Similarly, Dutch courts have placed a liberal interpretation on Dutch legislative provisions on jurisdiction over war crimes.
- Pope John Paul's papacy has been marked by his attempt to maintain the traditionalist wing of the Church while rejecting more liberal interpretations.
- The other regional accrediting associations that were reviewed have faculty guidelines that could have a more liberal interpretation.
- Dr Javaid Iqbal, in the end, approves of the Sufis' liberal interpretation of Islam, which helped poetry, music and dance to find a place in Muslim culture.
- The liberal interpretation could be demonstrated by an overview and then by explaining selective examples.
- Legally this was accommodated by the relevant regulators adopting a more liberal interpretation of the legislation, and to some extent through judicial approval of those decisions.
- It seemed a liberal interpretation of the term ‘cosmopolitan’ - but then that's rural living for you.
- Many activists of the sharia movement in economic discourse and activities are also against a liberal interpretation of Islam.
- Although there is a reluctance to admit it, the liberal interpretation is largely confessional and pastoral in its tone and direction.
- Ms. Landolt suggests that such liberal interpretations of the Charter's freedom of expression guarantees give licence to extreme social deviance.
Synonyms
flexible, broad, loose, rough, non-restrictive, free, general, non-literal, non-specific, not literal, not strict, not close
4Given, used, or occurring in generous amounts.
大量的
liberal amounts of wine had been consumed
已喝掉大量的酒。
Example sentencesExamples
- This early stage of the diet allows liberal amounts of fat and protein, and only twenty grams of carbohydrates per day.
- There was also a liberal amount of calamari, but mostly just legs that weren't that appealing to chase around with a fork.
- Elaine poured out a liberal amount of brandy to warm him.
- Remove to a large oven tray, and add liberal amounts of good olive oil and sea salt.
- On the floor of the first gallery, a space meant to represent aridity, would be a few shallow pools of oil, small amounts of glass and liberal sprinklings of red powder.
- Tips for reducing exposure to UV radiation include wearing protective clothing, applying liberal amounts of sunscreen and staying in the shade as much as possible.
- If circumstances allow, at a party or ceremony, grilled chicken, soft drinks, and bottled beer are served and consumed in liberal amounts.
- Garden ponds won't count, though, so if you have a swimming pool, fill it with water lilies and goldfish, take down the diving board and apply liberal amounts of weed and reeds until he has gone.
- Group scout leader Ann Pope restored the mace to its former glory with liberal amounts of metal polish, furniture wax and elbow grease, and a handing-back ceremony was arranged.
- Another excellent combination is with sushi, especially if you like a liberal amount of wasabi with your fish.
- He ordered a cup of black coffee and a Danish, added a liberal amount of milk, then found a stool facing the boarding gates and sat down.
- Note that the patient has used liberal amounts of hair gel, hair spray, and perfume, all of which act as fuel and accelerants for a fire.
- She poured a liberal amount over her cereal, and then began to eat.
- Sprinkle a liberal amount over dry carpeting or upholstery, making sure the item is covered with a thin layer of baking soda.
- Water plants deeply once a week as weather heats up, and surround them with liberal amounts of mulch to shade the soil and add organic matter.
- Grate liberal amounts of Parmesan on top, making sure your eagerness doesn't cause you to scrape the tips of your fingers on your extra sharp cheese grater.
- Then you want a nice mayo, white vinegar, relish base, with liberal amounts of pepper, some salt and paprika.
- Wide windows stared out across the porch into the street, and, in return, brought in liberal amounts of the clear autumn sunshine.
- His dirty blond hair, having been cut short three months previous, had grown out some, and the man had spiked it using the girls' hair gel in liberal amounts.
- Current tradition requires dousing the beast in a liberal amount of whisky while accompanying it with an even larger measure.
Synonyms
abundant, copious, ample, plentiful, generous, lavish, luxuriant, profuse, considerable, prolific, rich
1. 4.1 (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。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Their son was particularly concerned that we bless the space under his bed, so I was liberal with the holy water for his sake.
  He was even liberal in dishing out helpings for Natalia.
  Ellis was liberal with the fiction and facts in his new novel.
  He was very liberal when it came to buying drinks, and in return I was a friend to him.
  Synonyms
  generous, magnanimous, open-handed, unsparing, unstinting, ungrudging, lavish, free, munificent, bountiful, beneficent, benevolent, big-hearted, kind-hearted, kind, philanthropic, charitable, altruistic, unselfish

nounˈlɪb(ə)rəlˈlib(ə)rəl

1A person of liberal views.
思想开明的人
Example sentencesExamples
- Bleeding heart liberals have said the new regulations will deny free speech.
- Nobody ever accused Ronald Reagan of being a bleeding-heart liberal.
- You don't have to be a so-called bleeding-heart liberal or a low-income worker to worry about inequality.
- How could he be defended in the pages of our press by supposed liberals and left-wingers?
- From being radical liberals they now became national socialists.
- Now I surely disagree with most liberals on many specific moral issues.
- Worst of all, though, are well-meaning liberals who assist in this subterfuge.
- Classical liberals believe that the precautions and warfare are necessary to protect the bubble.
- Many economic liberals have an optimistic view of economic globalization.
- Extreme liberals tend to be those who have not found rules at all congenial.
- They say the very thing that social liberals want to hear.
- For liberals to make such arguments effectively, they must first take back their movement from the softs.
- Today's liberals have a naive overconfidence in seemingly easy, scientific answers to social problems.
- The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards.
- The mania about guns emanating from America's white middle-class liberals seems peculiarly off-base to me.
- I think most liberals really do oppose the war.
- His embrace of the doctrine of zero tolerance, however, infuriates liberals.
- Leftists and liberals find this turn of events an indication of bad days to come.
- We liberals tend to get awfully paranoid about these coincidences, don't we?
- He didn't leave behind a platform with which the moderate liberals could identify.
1. 1.1 A supporter or member of a Liberal Party.
  自由党支持者；自由党党员
  Example sentencesExamples
  The pamphlet concluded with an appeal for voters to place the Liberals last in the election.
  The federal Liberals have taken wasting the public's money to a whole new level.
  Churchill allegedly made his move to the Liberals on the issue of free trade.
  She lost her deposit, as did many hundreds of Liberals in that election.
  I think giving the Liberals a chance would be healthy - it has been in the Scottish parliament.
  Is Labor seriously making common cause with the Liberals to subvert the rule of law?
  A vote for Plaid or the Liberals could let the Tories in by the back door.
  That's what their forefathers did when they broke from the Liberals over 100 years ago.
  The ruling Liberals remained the largest party but lost a lot of support.
  The Liberals were, at the time, the party to which many radicals looked when it came to elections.
  The Tories and Liberals were easily beaten into third and fourth places.
  It ensures that Labor will not be socialist and that the Liberals will not be liberal.
  The Liberals said they were opposed to the war but supported it once it began.
  It's about using fear and xenophobia as a tool to scare people into voting for the Liberals at the next election.
  To essentially claim that he is no better than the Liberals or Tories is plain sectarianism.
  It will be a tragedy if the Liberals continue to be the main beneficiaries of this.
  At the time, the Liberals pledged to make health and education spending a priority.
  The Liberals opposed the increase in the national minimum wage to just £4.85 an hour.
  In response to this campaign, the Liberals have scuttled still further to the right.
  Council tax has gone up because of the appalling mess the Tories and Liberals are making of running the council.

Origin

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 liberal (sense 4 of the adjective)) gave rise to an obsolete meaning ‘free from restraint’, leading to liberal (sense 1 of the adjective) (late 18th century).

词汇	liberal
释义	Definition of liberal in English: liberal adjective ˈlɪb(ə)r(ə)lˈlɪb(ə)rəl 1Willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas. 尊重不同见解（或行为）的；能接受新思想的；开明的 liberal views towards divorce Example sentencesExamples His liberal family accepted his homosexuality. I think it is even more important than ever that the open, generous, liberal view have a responsible and regular voice. Why do liberal ideas often connect to unhappiness? That we shouldn't meddle in other countries if our own country needs work is also a liberal idea. It's not a liberal idea that will cause the ruination of civilization. In spite of all experience they hoped that Prussia was more open to liberal ideas than Austria. Who will defend liberal ideas against the enemy of liberal ideas? Friends and family call me liberal, but that's not entirely true. A deepening conflict between the liberal intelligentsia and the government has developed over the last several years. Western countries pride themselves on their supposedly liberal acceptance of different cultures. I think that these kinds of liberal ideas are pervasive in Western societies. The result: a man with some very liberal ideas, such as nationalized healthcare, won. They tend to be more liberal on social issues. My parents are very liberal and open so we'll be fine. He's too liberal on social issues and his name sends minority communities into a rage. Synonyms unbiased, unprejudiced, prejudice-free, accepting, non-partisan, neutral, non-aligned, non-judgemental, non-discriminatory, anti-discrimination, objective, disinterested, dispassionate, detached 1.1 Favourable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms. 赞同（或尊重）个人权利和自由的 liberal citizenship laws 自由公民法。 Example sentencesExamples Freedom and a liberal society was redeemed for some but not all. They dream of a better life in Britain, where immigration laws are relatively liberal and they have an easier path to becoming legal residents. The biggest complaint, a problem the U.S. has been pushing to address, is forced overtime in defiance of what is, on paper, a liberal Cambodian labor law. Look at Ireland and Scotland and their liberal liquor laws - drunks rage all night. If New Zealand's liberal media ownership laws have a virtue, it's that of simplicity. However, the country is rich in natural resources and has liberal foreign investment laws. French archival laws became more liberal after 1975, and historians were less prone to see their task as glorifying the Resistance. The New Jersey Restaurant Association earlier this summer reported a surge in business as smokers travelled across from New York to avail of its more liberal laws. The liberal state should be neutral towards people's ethical ideas. We ought to remember that Thai immigration laws are actually very liberal. Crime rates here are comparable to, and in many cases lower than, those in countries with liberal gun laws. New Zealand law has taken a very liberal approach to dual citizenship, particularly since 1977. It would seem that we are, unless we can change the liberal laws of our country. Accordingly, the calling to account of ministers in the Chamber was authorized in 1867 and a liberal press law was passed in 1868. In contrast, countries like the UK and the Netherlands have always enjoyed liberal laws relating to the content of vitamins, with few restrictions. The government encourages the existence of charitable NGOs through tax exemptions and liberal laws of association and incorporation. If that narrow path is crossed carefully, Turkey could eventually be a more open, more liberal society. The Mises Institute is located in Alabama, a state blessed with very liberal gun laws. It is still, by world standards, a free, open, liberal society. Our state will be a shining beacon of liberal freedom, where anyone and everyone will have the right to live any way they want, and believe whatever they want. Synonyms tolerant, unprejudiced, unbigoted, broad-minded, open-minded, enlightened, forbearing permissive, free, free and easy, easy-going, laissez-faire, libertarian, latitudinarian, unbiased, impartial, non-partisan, indulgent, lenient, lax, soft 1.2 (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的） a liberal democratic state 自由民主的国家。 Example sentencesExamples If one is to be truly for liberal government and social democracy, then you must be for these things abroad as well as at home. Politicians in modern liberal democracies confidently expect to die in bed. In liberal democracies, most political participation stems from the initiatives of individuals or of institutions that are not formally part of government. Second is the fact that liberal democracy could not flourish without modern science and technology. Its own steady drift to the right over the last quarter-century mirrors the breakdown of the objective basis in the United States for a program of liberal social reform. Social reformism within a liberal democratic framework is apparently just one more snare in the mechanism of domination. It comes from a deep-seated conviction that there is only one economic system, the globalised free market, set in the political context of liberal democracy. The first is the centrality of liberal democracy to contemporary political philosophy. As unyielding as any of the cold war communist regimes, it is neither economically liberal nor politically democratic, but has ruled for all but one of the past 46 years. In many respects it is conducted in more earnest, for higher stakes, and against greater odds than political life in liberal democracies. The Democrats have abandoned any policy of liberal social reform and adapted themselves, in deeds if not in words, to the class-war policies of the Republicans. It goes beyond this of course, and makes arguments and is at home in liberal democratic politics. If the book gets bogged down occasionally in its liberal social, political, economic, etc discourse, it can be forgiven. In the context of a liberal democratic society, this is a preferred approach to either party having a monopoly of power or the government regulating all aspects of employment. The next major burst of policy activity came three decades later as America entered a period of liberal progressive politics. Different historical and social contexts have shaped the political goals of liberal socialism. This party, which long ago abandoned its past association with liberal social reforms, cannot and will not defend the programs it once championed. This trend is scarring the social landscape of every liberal democracy, and it doesn't only hit us on the roads. Republican liberalism is built on the claim that liberal democracies are more peaceful and law-abiding than are other political systems. It has, in the intervening period, abandoned its residual ties to liberal reformism and any genuine defense of democratic rights. Synonyms progressive, advanced, modern, forward-looking, forward-thinking, progressivist, go-ahead, enlightened, reformist, radical left-wing, leftist, freethinking, politically correct, PC informal right-on 1.3 Relating to Liberals or a Liberal Party, especially (in the UK) 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。 Example sentencesExamples If you're in a safe Labor or safe Liberal seat, you'll get nothing. Progress will depend on the city's new Liberal Democrat leaders who are not yet in a position to respond. No, both the Labor and Liberal Parties have always used their patronage system to sometimes stack the board with party political hacks. You have to go back to before the First World War when the then Liberal party held the reins of power in the city. Someone said that the last five Liberal leaders in New South Wales have been Catholics. 1.4Theology 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） Example sentencesExamples These similarities notwithstanding, liberal Catholicism and Modern Orthodoxy seem to be currently facing two different fates. Others who had found that church too theologically liberal for their tastes espoused a more traditional theology. In this regard then, post-Christian liberal religion is at odds with peace and justice movements that struggle to remain Christian. Modern liberal seekers found him unnecessarily complicated or downbeat, while Christians found his theology thin and secular. Wilson himself focuses on two options that thrived during the modern period: liberal Protestantism and Catholic modernism. 2attributive (of education) concerned 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） the provision of liberal adult education Example sentencesExamples Some standards are more explicit than others, but efforts are underway to enhance the relationship between professional and liberal education. The history of higher education teaches us that liberal education is inextricably intertwined with normative goals. Growing numbers of college students, however, never experience the richness of a liberal education. The need for such programs could be diminished if more high school graduates were better prepared for college and a liberal education. College presidents mobilize to promote liberal education for all students. Learning communities can bring general education, liberal education, and, sometimes, the major together. New technologies offer rich opportunities for enhancing the skills that liberal education seeks to develop. The academy is reinventing the practice of liberal education - but seems bent on ensuring that no one knows. However, a number of studies have suggested that both professional education and liberal education can profit from integration. Our responsibility is to preserve and protect liberal education for those students who come to us in the trust that education can change lives of base metal into gold. The availability of a liberal education curriculum by itself is unlikely to stem the tide of technical training. Those are precisely the skills taught by liberal education. In Korea, general education, rather than liberal education, is the preferred term. Community colleges offering two-year programs in liberal education and occupational training meet both of these criteria. The notion of integrating the goals of liberal education into students' majors was taken seriously. In other words, teacher trainees must acquire knowledge of subject matter, as well as a general liberal education. Interdisciplinarity and community are critical elements of this learning community's notion of liberal education. Specifically, the annual meeting believes it important to state the values of a liberal education for all students and for society at large. I have been wondering how to view this broader version of time management as part of a liberal education. A quality liberal education leads students to reflect on their place in the world and locate themselves historically and socially. Synonyms wide-ranging, broad-based, general, humanistic 3(especially of an interpretation of a law) broadly construed or understood; not strictly literal. （尤指对法律条文的解释）从广义上解释（或理解）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年法案的解释本可不那么拘泥于字面的。 Example sentencesExamples Similarly, Dutch courts have placed a liberal interpretation on Dutch legislative provisions on jurisdiction over war crimes. Winning the appreciation of an orthodox audience, with a liberal interpretation of a traditional play, is next to impossible. We will often give very liberal interpretations to vague or inconsistent claims about ourselves in order to make sense out of the claims. Legally this was accommodated by the relevant regulators adopting a more liberal interpretation of the legislation, and to some extent through judicial approval of those decisions. Pope John Paul's papacy has been marked by his attempt to maintain the traditionalist wing of the Church while rejecting more liberal interpretations. This last qualification allowed a liberal interpretation of the system. Statutes providing such benefits are to be given a liberal interpretation so as to achieve their objective. It seemed a liberal interpretation of the term ‘cosmopolitan’ - but then that's rural living for you. Ms. Landolt suggests that such liberal interpretations of the Charter's freedom of expression guarantees give licence to extreme social deviance. Many activists of the sharia movement in economic discourse and activities are also against a liberal interpretation of Islam. For the purpose of combining crosses we recommend liberal interpretation of this test and careful attention to other sources of evidence. Dr Javaid Iqbal, in the end, approves of the Sufis' liberal interpretation of Islam, which helped poetry, music and dance to find a place in Muslim culture. The other regional accrediting associations that were reviewed have faculty guidelines that could have a more liberal interpretation. This is a much more liberal interpretation of success. Although there is a reluctance to admit it, the liberal interpretation is largely confessional and pastoral in its tone and direction. The liberal interpretation could be demonstrated by an overview and then by explaining selective examples. These are liberal interpretations of the text to be sure. Based purely on a regulation about religious cults, some officials began to offer liberal interpretations. There are also divisions between those who interpret the Qur'an literally and those who are more liberal in its interpretation. This subsection must be given a large and liberal interpretation to achieve the overall purpose of the Rules. Synonyms flexible, broad, loose, rough, non-restrictive, free, general, non-literal, non-specific, not literal, not strict, not close inexact, imprecise, vague, indefinite, ill-defined, unrigorous, unmeticulous 4Given, used, or occurring in generous amounts. 大量的 liberal amounts of wine had been consumed 已喝掉大量的酒。 Example sentencesExamples Water plants deeply once a week as weather heats up, and surround them with liberal amounts of mulch to shade the soil and add organic matter. Elaine poured out a liberal amount of brandy to warm him. Tips for reducing exposure to UV radiation include wearing protective clothing, applying liberal amounts of sunscreen and staying in the shade as much as possible. There was also a liberal amount of calamari, but mostly just legs that weren't that appealing to chase around with a fork. Sprinkle a liberal amount over dry carpeting or upholstery, making sure the item is covered with a thin layer of baking soda. Note that the patient has used liberal amounts of hair gel, hair spray, and perfume, all of which act as fuel and accelerants for a fire. On the floor of the first gallery, a space meant to represent aridity, would be a few shallow pools of oil, small amounts of glass and liberal sprinklings of red powder. She poured a liberal amount over her cereal, and then began to eat. Then you want a nice mayo, white vinegar, relish base, with liberal amounts of pepper, some salt and paprika. Another excellent combination is with sushi, especially if you like a liberal amount of wasabi with your fish. Grate liberal amounts of Parmesan on top, making sure your eagerness doesn't cause you to scrape the tips of your fingers on your extra sharp cheese grater. This early stage of the diet allows liberal amounts of fat and protein, and only twenty grams of carbohydrates per day. Remove to a large oven tray, and add liberal amounts of good olive oil and sea salt. Current tradition requires dousing the beast in a liberal amount of whisky while accompanying it with an even larger measure. Garden ponds won't count, though, so if you have a swimming pool, fill it with water lilies and goldfish, take down the diving board and apply liberal amounts of weed and reeds until he has gone. Group scout leader Ann Pope restored the mace to its former glory with liberal amounts of metal polish, furniture wax and elbow grease, and a handing-back ceremony was arranged. His dirty blond hair, having been cut short three months previous, had grown out some, and the man had spiked it using the girls' hair gel in liberal amounts. If circumstances allow, at a party or ceremony, grilled chicken, soft drinks, and bottled beer are served and consumed in liberal amounts. He ordered a cup of black coffee and a Danish, added a liberal amount of milk, then found a stool facing the boarding gates and sat down. Wide windows stared out across the porch into the street, and, in return, brought in liberal amounts of the clear autumn sunshine. Synonyms abundant, copious, ample, plentiful, generous, lavish, luxuriant, profuse, considerable, prolific, rich galore excessive, immoderate, superabundant, overabundant informal over the top literary plenteous 4.1 (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。 Example sentencesExamples He was very liberal when it came to buying drinks, and in return I was a friend to him. Ellis was liberal with the fiction and facts in his new novel. Their son was particularly concerned that we bless the space under his bed, so I was liberal with the holy water for his sake. He was even liberal in dishing out helpings for Natalia. Synonyms generous, magnanimous, open-handed, unsparing, unstinting, ungrudging, lavish, free, munificent, bountiful, beneficent, benevolent, big-hearted, kind-hearted, kind, philanthropic, charitable, altruistic, unselfish extravagant, overgenerous, generous to a fault, immoderate, wasteful, overabundant, profligate, prodigal, thriftless, improvident, intemperate, unrestrained, wild informal over the top literary bounteous noun ˈlɪb(ə)r(ə)lˈlɪb(ə)rəl 1A person of liberal views. 思想开明的人 a concern among liberals about the relation of the citizen to the state Example sentencesExamples They say the very thing that social liberals want to hear. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. For liberals to make such arguments effectively, they must first take back their movement from the softs. We liberals tend to get awfully paranoid about these coincidences, don't we? How could he be defended in the pages of our press by supposed liberals and left-wingers? The mania about guns emanating from America's white middle-class liberals seems peculiarly off-base to me. Many economic liberals have an optimistic view of economic globalization. Extreme liberals tend to be those who have not found rules at all congenial. Today's liberals have a naive overconfidence in seemingly easy, scientific answers to social problems. I think most liberals really do oppose the war. Nobody ever accused Ronald Reagan of being a bleeding-heart liberal. From being radical liberals they now became national socialists. Now I surely disagree with most liberals on many specific moral issues. Worst of all, though, are well-meaning liberals who assist in this subterfuge. Classical liberals believe that the precautions and warfare are necessary to protect the bubble. Bleeding heart liberals have said the new regulations will deny free speech. You don't have to be a so-called bleeding-heart liberal or a low-income worker to worry about inequality. Leftists and liberals find this turn of events an indication of bad days to come. He didn't leave behind a platform with which the moderate liberals could identify. His embrace of the doctrine of zero tolerance, however, infuriates liberals. 1.1 A supporter or member of a Liberal Party, especially (in the UK) a Liberal Democrat. Example sentencesExamples That's what their forefathers did when they broke from the Liberals over 100 years ago. It ensures that Labor will not be socialist and that the Liberals will not be liberal. The Liberals said they were opposed to the war but supported it once it began. A vote for Plaid or the Liberals could let the Tories in by the back door. In response to this campaign, the Liberals have scuttled still further to the right. The pamphlet concluded with an appeal for voters to place the Liberals last in the election. She lost her deposit, as did many hundreds of Liberals in that election. Council tax has gone up because of the appalling mess the Tories and Liberals are making of running the council. To essentially claim that he is no better than the Liberals or Tories is plain sectarianism. It's about using fear and xenophobia as a tool to scare people into voting for the Liberals at the next election. The ruling Liberals remained the largest party but lost a lot of support. The federal Liberals have taken wasting the public's money to a whole new level. It will be a tragedy if the Liberals continue to be the main beneficiaries of this. The Liberals opposed the increase in the national minimum wage to just £4.85 an hour. Is Labor seriously making common cause with the Liberals to subvert the rule of law? The Tories and Liberals were easily beaten into third and fourth places. The Liberals were, at the time, the party to which many radicals looked when it came to elections. I think giving the Liberals a chance would be healthy - it has been in the Scottish parliament. At the time, the Liberals pledged to make health and education spending a priority. Churchill allegedly made his move to the Liberals on the issue of free trade. Derivatives liberalness noun The Finance and Expenditure Committee did not suggest any changes to the bill that significantly affected the balance between the restrictiveness and the liberalness of the regime. Origin 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 of the adjective) gave rise to an obsolete meaning 'free from restraint', leading to sense 1 of the adjective (late 18th century). Rhymes illiberal Definition of liberal in US English: liberal adjectiveˈlɪb(ə)rəlˈlib(ə)rəl 1Open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values. they have more liberal views toward marriage and divorce than some people 他们对结婚和离婚的看法比某些人要开明。 Example sentencesExamples Friends and family call me liberal, but that's not entirely true. Why do liberal ideas often connect to unhappiness? They tend to be more liberal on social issues. He's too liberal on social issues and his name sends minority communities into a rage. My parents are very liberal and open so we'll be fine. A deepening conflict between the liberal intelligentsia and the government has developed over the last several years. It's not a liberal idea that will cause the ruination of civilization. The result: a man with some very liberal ideas, such as nationalized healthcare, won. Western countries pride themselves on their supposedly liberal acceptance of different cultures. I think it is even more important than ever that the open, generous, liberal view have a responsible and regular voice. His liberal family accepted his homosexuality. Who will defend liberal ideas against the enemy of liberal ideas? I think that these kinds of liberal ideas are pervasive in Western societies. In spite of all experience they hoped that Prussia was more open to liberal ideas than Austria. That we shouldn't meddle in other countries if our own country needs work is also a liberal idea. Synonyms unbiased, unprejudiced, prejudice-free, accepting, non-partisan, neutral, non-aligned, non-judgemental, non-discriminatory, anti-discrimination, objective, disinterested, dispassionate, detached 1.1 Favorable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms. 赞同（或尊重）个人权利和自由的 liberal citizenship laws 自由公民法。 Example sentencesExamples However, the country is rich in natural resources and has liberal foreign investment laws. If that narrow path is crossed carefully, Turkey could eventually be a more open, more liberal society. New Zealand law has taken a very liberal approach to dual citizenship, particularly since 1977. It would seem that we are, unless we can change the liberal laws of our country. Look at Ireland and Scotland and their liberal liquor laws - drunks rage all night. French archival laws became more liberal after 1975, and historians were less prone to see their task as glorifying the Resistance. The Mises Institute is located in Alabama, a state blessed with very liberal gun laws. The liberal state should be neutral towards people's ethical ideas. It is still, by world standards, a free, open, liberal society. They dream of a better life in Britain, where immigration laws are relatively liberal and they have an easier path to becoming legal residents. We ought to remember that Thai immigration laws are actually very liberal. Crime rates here are comparable to, and in many cases lower than, those in countries with liberal gun laws. If New Zealand's liberal media ownership laws have a virtue, it's that of simplicity. The biggest complaint, a problem the U.S. has been pushing to address, is forced overtime in defiance of what is, on paper, a liberal Cambodian labor law. Freedom and a liberal society was redeemed for some but not all. Accordingly, the calling to account of ministers in the Chamber was authorized in 1867 and a liberal press law was passed in 1868. Our state will be a shining beacon of liberal freedom, where anyone and everyone will have the right to live any way they want, and believe whatever they want. The government encourages the existence of charitable NGOs through tax exemptions and liberal laws of association and incorporation. The New Jersey Restaurant Association earlier this summer reported a surge in business as smokers travelled across from New York to avail of its more liberal laws. In contrast, countries like the UK and the Netherlands have always enjoyed liberal laws relating to the content of vitamins, with few restrictions. Synonyms tolerant, unprejudiced, unbigoted, broad-minded, open-minded, enlightened, forbearing 1.2 (in a political context) favoring maximum individual liberty in 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的） a liberal democratic state 自由民主的国家。 Example sentencesExamples As unyielding as any of the cold war communist regimes, it is neither economically liberal nor politically democratic, but has ruled for all but one of the past 46 years. Different historical and social contexts have shaped the political goals of liberal socialism. This trend is scarring the social landscape of every liberal democracy, and it doesn't only hit us on the roads. If the book gets bogged down occasionally in its liberal social, political, economic, etc discourse, it can be forgiven. In the context of a liberal democratic society, this is a preferred approach to either party having a monopoly of power or the government regulating all aspects of employment. The next major burst of policy activity came three decades later as America entered a period of liberal progressive politics. This party, which long ago abandoned its past association with liberal social reforms, cannot and will not defend the programs it once championed. It comes from a deep-seated conviction that there is only one economic system, the globalised free market, set in the political context of liberal democracy. If one is to be truly for liberal government and social democracy, then you must be for these things abroad as well as at home. Politicians in modern liberal democracies confidently expect to die in bed. It goes beyond this of course, and makes arguments and is at home in liberal democratic politics. In liberal democracies, most political participation stems from the initiatives of individuals or of institutions that are not formally part of government. The Democrats have abandoned any policy of liberal social reform and adapted themselves, in deeds if not in words, to the class-war policies of the Republicans. Social reformism within a liberal democratic framework is apparently just one more snare in the mechanism of domination. In many respects it is conducted in more earnest, for higher stakes, and against greater odds than political life in liberal democracies. Republican liberalism is built on the claim that liberal democracies are more peaceful and law-abiding than are other political systems. It has, in the intervening period, abandoned its residual ties to liberal reformism and any genuine defense of democratic rights. Its own steady drift to the right over the last quarter-century mirrors the breakdown of the objective basis in the United States for a program of liberal social reform. Second is the fact that liberal democracy could not flourish without modern science and technology. The first is the centrality of liberal democracy to contemporary political philosophy. Synonyms progressive, advanced, modern, forward-looking, forward-thinking, progressivist, go-ahead, enlightened, reformist, radical 1.3 Of or characteristic of Liberals or a Liberal Party. 自由党（人）的 Example sentencesExamples The left often laments the ideological gulf between itself and even the most liberal Democrats in office. Moreover, they tended to characterize conservative senators critically while characterizing liberal senators in flattering terms. Some were outraged and maintained that Auburn had become too liberal. Most liberal Democrats have never been willing to recognize that extent to which terrorism threatens this country. An equally uncritical response came from liberal politicians in the Democratic Party. The problem, of course, is that a wave of chaotic, uncoordinated ads funded by a variety of liberal groups interested in different issues could do nearly as much harm as good. Sometimes they become conservative and sometimes they become liberal about these things. 1.4 (in the UK) 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。 Example sentencesExamples If you're in a safe Labor or safe Liberal seat, you'll get nothing. Someone said that the last five Liberal leaders in New South Wales have been Catholics. You have to go back to before the First World War when the then Liberal party held the reins of power in the city. No, both the Labor and Liberal Parties have always used their patronage system to sometimes stack the board with party political hacks. Progress will depend on the city's new Liberal Democrat leaders who are not yet in a position to respond. 1.5Theology 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） Example sentencesExamples Others who had found that church too theologically liberal for their tastes espoused a more traditional theology. Modern liberal seekers found him unnecessarily complicated or downbeat, while Christians found his theology thin and secular. In this regard then, post-Christian liberal religion is at odds with peace and justice movements that struggle to remain Christian. These similarities notwithstanding, liberal Catholicism and Modern Orthodoxy seem to be currently facing two different fates. Wilson himself focuses on two options that thrived during the modern period: liberal Protestantism and Catholic modernism. 2attributive (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） Example sentencesExamples In Korea, general education, rather than liberal education, is the preferred term. The availability of a liberal education curriculum by itself is unlikely to stem the tide of technical training. Growing numbers of college students, however, never experience the richness of a liberal education. College presidents mobilize to promote liberal education for all students. Specifically, the annual meeting believes it important to state the values of a liberal education for all students and for society at large. The need for such programs could be diminished if more high school graduates were better prepared for college and a liberal education. Our responsibility is to preserve and protect liberal education for those students who come to us in the trust that education can change lives of base metal into gold. The academy is reinventing the practice of liberal education - but seems bent on ensuring that no one knows. New technologies offer rich opportunities for enhancing the skills that liberal education seeks to develop. A quality liberal education leads students to reflect on their place in the world and locate themselves historically and socially. Learning communities can bring general education, liberal education, and, sometimes, the major together. Interdisciplinarity and community are critical elements of this learning community's notion of liberal education. Community colleges offering two-year programs in liberal education and occupational training meet both of these criteria. The history of higher education teaches us that liberal education is inextricably intertwined with normative goals. In other words, teacher trainees must acquire knowledge of subject matter, as well as a general liberal education. However, a number of studies have suggested that both professional education and liberal education can profit from integration. The notion of integrating the goals of liberal education into students' majors was taken seriously. Some standards are more explicit than others, but efforts are underway to enhance the relationship between professional and liberal education. I have been wondering how to view this broader version of time management as part of a liberal education. Those are precisely the skills taught by liberal education. Synonyms wide-ranging, broad-based, general, humanistic 3(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）从广义上解释（或理解）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年法案的解释本可不那么拘泥于字面的。 Example sentencesExamples For the purpose of combining crosses we recommend liberal interpretation of this test and careful attention to other sources of evidence. Winning the appreciation of an orthodox audience, with a liberal interpretation of a traditional play, is next to impossible. Based purely on a regulation about religious cults, some officials began to offer liberal interpretations. This last qualification allowed a liberal interpretation of the system. There are also divisions between those who interpret the Qur'an literally and those who are more liberal in its interpretation. We will often give very liberal interpretations to vague or inconsistent claims about ourselves in order to make sense out of the claims. This is a much more liberal interpretation of success. This subsection must be given a large and liberal interpretation to achieve the overall purpose of the Rules. Statutes providing such benefits are to be given a liberal interpretation so as to achieve their objective. These are liberal interpretations of the text to be sure. Similarly, Dutch courts have placed a liberal interpretation on Dutch legislative provisions on jurisdiction over war crimes. Pope John Paul's papacy has been marked by his attempt to maintain the traditionalist wing of the Church while rejecting more liberal interpretations. The other regional accrediting associations that were reviewed have faculty guidelines that could have a more liberal interpretation. Dr Javaid Iqbal, in the end, approves of the Sufis' liberal interpretation of Islam, which helped poetry, music and dance to find a place in Muslim culture. The liberal interpretation could be demonstrated by an overview and then by explaining selective examples. Legally this was accommodated by the relevant regulators adopting a more liberal interpretation of the legislation, and to some extent through judicial approval of those decisions. It seemed a liberal interpretation of the term ‘cosmopolitan’ - but then that's rural living for you. Many activists of the sharia movement in economic discourse and activities are also against a liberal interpretation of Islam. Although there is a reluctance to admit it, the liberal interpretation is largely confessional and pastoral in its tone and direction. Ms. Landolt suggests that such liberal interpretations of the Charter's freedom of expression guarantees give licence to extreme social deviance. Synonyms flexible, broad, loose, rough, non-restrictive, free, general, non-literal, non-specific, not literal, not strict, not close 4Given, used, or occurring in generous amounts. 大量的 liberal amounts of wine had been consumed 已喝掉大量的酒。 Example sentencesExamples This early stage of the diet allows liberal amounts of fat and protein, and only twenty grams of carbohydrates per day. There was also a liberal amount of calamari, but mostly just legs that weren't that appealing to chase around with a fork. Elaine poured out a liberal amount of brandy to warm him. Remove to a large oven tray, and add liberal amounts of good olive oil and sea salt. On the floor of the first gallery, a space meant to represent aridity, would be a few shallow pools of oil, small amounts of glass and liberal sprinklings of red powder. Tips for reducing exposure to UV radiation include wearing protective clothing, applying liberal amounts of sunscreen and staying in the shade as much as possible. If circumstances allow, at a party or ceremony, grilled chicken, soft drinks, and bottled beer are served and consumed in liberal amounts. Garden ponds won't count, though, so if you have a swimming pool, fill it with water lilies and goldfish, take down the diving board and apply liberal amounts of weed and reeds until he has gone. Group scout leader Ann Pope restored the mace to its former glory with liberal amounts of metal polish, furniture wax and elbow grease, and a handing-back ceremony was arranged. Another excellent combination is with sushi, especially if you like a liberal amount of wasabi with your fish. He ordered a cup of black coffee and a Danish, added a liberal amount of milk, then found a stool facing the boarding gates and sat down. Note that the patient has used liberal amounts of hair gel, hair spray, and perfume, all of which act as fuel and accelerants for a fire. She poured a liberal amount over her cereal, and then began to eat. Sprinkle a liberal amount over dry carpeting or upholstery, making sure the item is covered with a thin layer of baking soda. Water plants deeply once a week as weather heats up, and surround them with liberal amounts of mulch to shade the soil and add organic matter. Grate liberal amounts of Parmesan on top, making sure your eagerness doesn't cause you to scrape the tips of your fingers on your extra sharp cheese grater. Then you want a nice mayo, white vinegar, relish base, with liberal amounts of pepper, some salt and paprika. Wide windows stared out across the porch into the street, and, in return, brought in liberal amounts of the clear autumn sunshine. His dirty blond hair, having been cut short three months previous, had grown out some, and the man had spiked it using the girls' hair gel in liberal amounts. Current tradition requires dousing the beast in a liberal amount of whisky while accompanying it with an even larger measure. Synonyms abundant, copious, ample, plentiful, generous, lavish, luxuriant, profuse, considerable, prolific, rich 4.1 (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。 Example sentencesExamples Their son was particularly concerned that we bless the space under his bed, so I was liberal with the holy water for his sake. He was even liberal in dishing out helpings for Natalia. Ellis was liberal with the fiction and facts in his new novel. He was very liberal when it came to buying drinks, and in return I was a friend to him. Synonyms generous, magnanimous, open-handed, unsparing, unstinting, ungrudging, lavish, free, munificent, bountiful, beneficent, benevolent, big-hearted, kind-hearted, kind, philanthropic, charitable, altruistic, unselfish nounˈlɪb(ə)rəlˈlib(ə)rəl 1A person of liberal views. 思想开明的人 Example sentencesExamples Bleeding heart liberals have said the new regulations will deny free speech. Nobody ever accused Ronald Reagan of being a bleeding-heart liberal. You don't have to be a so-called bleeding-heart liberal or a low-income worker to worry about inequality. How could he be defended in the pages of our press by supposed liberals and left-wingers? From being radical liberals they now became national socialists. Now I surely disagree with most liberals on many specific moral issues. Worst of all, though, are well-meaning liberals who assist in this subterfuge. Classical liberals believe that the precautions and warfare are necessary to protect the bubble. Many economic liberals have an optimistic view of economic globalization. Extreme liberals tend to be those who have not found rules at all congenial. They say the very thing that social liberals want to hear. For liberals to make such arguments effectively, they must first take back their movement from the softs. Today's liberals have a naive overconfidence in seemingly easy, scientific answers to social problems. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. The mania about guns emanating from America's white middle-class liberals seems peculiarly off-base to me. I think most liberals really do oppose the war. His embrace of the doctrine of zero tolerance, however, infuriates liberals. Leftists and liberals find this turn of events an indication of bad days to come. We liberals tend to get awfully paranoid about these coincidences, don't we? He didn't leave behind a platform with which the moderate liberals could identify. 1.1 A supporter or member of a Liberal Party. 自由党支持者；自由党党员 Example sentencesExamples The pamphlet concluded with an appeal for voters to place the Liberals last in the election. The federal Liberals have taken wasting the public's money to a whole new level. Churchill allegedly made his move to the Liberals on the issue of free trade. She lost her deposit, as did many hundreds of Liberals in that election. I think giving the Liberals a chance would be healthy - it has been in the Scottish parliament. Is Labor seriously making common cause with the Liberals to subvert the rule of law? A vote for Plaid or the Liberals could let the Tories in by the back door. That's what their forefathers did when they broke from the Liberals over 100 years ago. The ruling Liberals remained the largest party but lost a lot of support. The Liberals were, at the time, the party to which many radicals looked when it came to elections. The Tories and Liberals were easily beaten into third and fourth places. It ensures that Labor will not be socialist and that the Liberals will not be liberal. The Liberals said they were opposed to the war but supported it once it began. It's about using fear and xenophobia as a tool to scare people into voting for the Liberals at the next election. To essentially claim that he is no better than the Liberals or Tories is plain sectarianism. It will be a tragedy if the Liberals continue to be the main beneficiaries of this. At the time, the Liberals pledged to make health and education spending a priority. The Liberals opposed the increase in the national minimum wage to just £4.85 an hour. In response to this campaign, the Liberals have scuttled still further to the right. Council tax has gone up because of the appalling mess the Tories and Liberals are making of running the council. Origin 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 liberal (sense 4 of the adjective)) gave rise to an obsolete meaning ‘free from restraint’, leading to liberal (sense 1 of the adjective) (late 18th century).
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