progressives是什么意思？

progressives

英[prəɡ'resɪvz] 美[prəɡ'resɪvz]

• n. 先进分子，不断前进的( progressive的名词复数 )，进步的，开明的，进行的；

例句

• To progressives , this looked suspiciously like collusion. 这件事在进步派看来令人怀疑,象是一场勾结.
• During the reign of the white terror , many progressives fell victim to the secret police. 在白色恐怖时期, 许多进步人士成为秘密警察的受害者.
• As a further safeguard of the popular interest, progressives championed the recall. 进步派为进一步保护公众利益而提倡罢免权.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  进步的；先进的；革新的
  Someone who is progressive or has progressive ideas has modern ideas about how things should be done, rather than traditional ones.
  例句
  ...a progressive businessman who had voted for Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936... 在1932年和1936年投票支持罗斯福的开明商人 Willan was able to point to the progressive changes he had already introduced... 维兰能够找出他已经采用的一些革新。
• ADJ
  （变化等）逐渐的，逐步发生的，逐步发展的
  A progressive change happens gradually over a period of time.
  例句
  One prominent symptom of the disease is progressive loss of memory. 这种疾病的一个显著症状就是记忆逐渐丧失。 ...the progressive development of a common foreign and security policy. 共同外交与安全政策的逐步发展
• ADJ
  （语法中）同continuous
  In grammar, progressive means the same as continuous.