Liberal

(noun.) a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties.

(noun.) a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets.

(adj.) tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition .

(adj.) having political or social views favoring reform and progress .

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• This bank was more liberal than any other had ever been, both in granting cash-accounts, and in discounting bills of exchange. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Sell her her waste, please, and give her good measure if you can make up your mind to do the liberal thing for once. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Her uncle, always liberal, had bought a garden-chair for her express use. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They are trained in this art from their youth, and are not always of noble birth, or liberal education. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• There is a great deal of undeveloped liberal feeling in the world, after all! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Such conditions also infect the education called liberal, with illiberality. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• All these things do I now think over, adding, He had his faults, yet scarce ever was a finer nature; liberal, suave, impressible. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• As a consequence, the intelligence of those in control of the practical situation is not liberal. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• A system so various in its structure has many contradictory aspects, some very attractive, and some very repellent to a liberal intelligence. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Everything was conducted on the most liberal and delightful scale. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Look at the so-called liberal churches. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Around the sides of the room, bounding this open space, run two tiers of gallery, divided, as is the main floor beneath them; into alcoves of liberal dimensions. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• They estranged all Catholic opinion, as his coronation had estranged all liberal opinion. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Edison has strong convictions on the liberal use of lubricants, but argued that in the ordinary oiling of machinery there is great waste, while much dirt is conveyed into the bearings. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Their charity became gradually less extensive, their hospitality less liberal, or less profuse. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Naturally the British imperialists wanted a subjugated Irish; naturally the English Liberals wanted a free, participating Irish. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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