The spelling Conservative is also used for meaning 1. 義項1亦可拼作 Conservative。
1. (英國)保守黨的，支持保守黨的 A Conservative politician or voter is a member of or votes for the Conservative Party in Britain.
e.g. Most Conservative MPs appear happy with the government's reassurances. 大多數保守黨下議院議員似乎都對政府的再三保證感到滿(mǎn)意。 e.g. ...disenchanted Conservative voters. 不再抱任何幻想的保守黨選民
2. 持右翼觀(guān)點(diǎn)的 Someone who is conservative has right-wing views.
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e.g. ...counties whose citizens invariably support the most conservative candidate in any election. 其民眾在任何選舉中均鐵定支持觀(guān)點(diǎn)最右傾的候選人的幾個(gè)郡
3. 保守的;因循守舊的 Someone who is conservative or has conservative ideas is unwilling to accept changes and new ideas.
e.g. People tend to be more aggressive when they're young and more conservative as they get older... 人們年輕的時(shí)候往往較為激進(jìn)，而隨著(zhù)年齡的增長(cháng)會(huì )變得保守起來(lái)。 e.g. It is essentially a narrow and conservative approach to child care. 這實(shí)質(zhì)上是一種狹隘的、因循守舊的照顧孩子的方法。
4. (衣著(zhù))傳統的，保守的 If someone dresses in a conservative way, their clothes are conventional in style.
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e.g. The girl was well dressed, as usual, though in a more conservative style. 這個(gè)女孩穿得一如往日那樣講究，只是風(fēng)格比平日更為傳統。
conservatively She was always very conservatively dressed when we went out. 我們拍拖的時(shí)候，她總是穿得非常傳統。
5. (估計或猜測)保守的，穩妥的 A conservative estimate or guess is one in which you are cautious and estimate or guess a low amount which is probably less that the real amount.
e.g. A conservative estimate of the bill, so far, is about ￡22,000... 到目前為止，這筆賬單保守估計為大約2.2萬(wàn)英鎊。 e.g. This guess is probably on the conservative side. 這個(gè)猜測可能偏于保守。
conservatively The bequest is conservatively estimated at ￡30 million. 保守估計，這筆遺產(chǎn)有3,000萬(wàn)英鎊。