[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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.
...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。
The children go to a progressive school.
这些孩子在一所先进的学校念书。
A progressive is someone who is progressive.进步人士；改革派人士
The Republicans were deeply split between progressives and conservatives.
共和党的革新派和保守派之间存在严重的分裂。
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[ADJ 形容词]（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.
[usu ADJ n]
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
progressively
Her symptoms became progressively worse...
她的症状日渐恶化。
The amount of grant the council received from the Government was progressively reduced.
这个委员会获得的政府津贴数额逐渐减少。
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[ADJ 形容词]（语法中）同continuous In grammar, progressive means the same as continuous.
[ADJ n]
Oxford
pro·gres·sive/prəˈɡresɪv; NAmEprəˈɡresɪv/
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progressiveprogressivesadjective1in favour of new ideas, modern methods and change 进步的；先进的；开明的◆progressive schools开明的学校OPP
retrogressive
2happening or developing steadily 稳步的；逐步的；稳定发展的◆a progressive reduction in the size of the workforce劳力数量的逐步减少◆a progressive muscular disease逐渐严重的肌肉病症3(alsocon·tinu·ous)( grammar 语法) connected with the form of a verb (for example I am waitingor It is raining) that is made from a part of beand the present participle. Progressiveforms are used to express an action that continues for a period of time. （动词）进行时的， 进行式的▶pro·gres·siv·ism/; NAmE/noun[uncountable ]◆political progressivism政治进步主义noun[usually plural ]a person who is in favour of new ideas, modern methods and change 进步人士；开明人士；改革派◆political battles between progressives and conservatives改革派与保守派之间的政治斗争pro·gres·sive/prəˈɡresɪv; NAmEprəˈɡresɪv/pro·gres·siv·ism/; NAmE/
1supporting new or modern ideas and methods, especially in politics and education: a progressive administration progressive and forward-looking policies2happening or developing gradually over a period of timeprogressive decline/reduction/increase etc the progressive increase in population Britain’s progressive decline as a world power3 technical the progressive form of a verb is used to show that an action or activity is continuing to happen. In English, it consists of the verb ‘be’ followed by the present participle, as in ‘I was waiting for the bus’.SYN continuous—progressiveness noun [uncountable]—progressivism noun [uncountable]
progressive1 adjective
progressive2 noun
progressiveprogressive2 noun [countable]
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someone with modern ideas who wants to change things
WDF
progressive
[prəˈgresɪv]
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渐进的(42%)，先进的(27%)，进步分子(15%)，革新主义者(10%)，前进的(6%)
n.改革论者；进步分子
adj.进步的；先进的
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