conservative

[kən'sə:vətiv]

adj.保守的, 守旧的
n.保守派(党), 保守的人

例句与用法：

His views lack consistency: one day he's a conservative, the next he's a liberal.

他的观点缺乏一贯性: 时而保守，时而开明。

The Conservative Party won 230 seats in Parliament.

保守党在议会获得了230 个席位。

The committee is of a/has a conservative bias.

委员会有一种保守的偏见。

My father is a real conservative; he still thinks a woman's place is in the house.

我父亲是一个真正的保守主义者，他至今还认为妇女应该呆在家里。

He was very conservative in the estimate.

他的这一估计很保守。

Old people are usually more conservative than young people.

老年人通常比年轻人保守。

词形变化：

副词: conservatively | 名词: conservativeness |

详细释义：

a.

1. 保守的, 守旧的

His conservative views made him unpopular.

他保守的观点使他不受欢迎。

2. 传统的, 老式的

3. 稳当的, 谨慎的; 有意压低的

This is a conservative estimate of the population in the year 2000.

这是对公元二○○○年时人口的保守估计。

4. (大写)(英国、加拿大等)保守党的

The Conservative Party is now in power.

现在由保守党执政。

5. 防腐的, 有保存力的

n.[C]

1. 保守者, 守旧者

The conservatives are opposed to any change.

保守分子反对变革。

2. (大写)(英国、加拿大等)保守党党员(或支持者)

3. 防腐剂