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保守
Conservative
The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.
健康的胃如果不是保守的就什么都不是。很少有自由基有好的消化能力。
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.
如果你是对的,你就不能太激进;当你错了的时候,你不能太保守。
I think you can have a Left that isn't culturally conservative talking about lunch-bucket issues.
我认为你可以有一个在文化上不保守的左翼人士来讨论午餐桶问题。
The conservative argument is that the economy is like the weather, that it just operates automatically.
保守的观点是,经济就像天气一样,是自动运行的。
Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
来吧,来吧,我保守的朋友,擦掉你眼镜上的露水,看看这个世界在动。
I don't support gay marriage despite being a Conservative. I support gay marriage because I'm a Conservative.
尽管我是保守派,但我不支持同性婚姻。我支持同性婚姻,因为我是保守派。
Most conservative and progressive talk radio is primarily just that - bloviated opinion and whacky viewer calls.
大多数保守和进步的电台谈话节目基本上都是漫谈式的观点和古怪的观众电话。
We're not doing outrageous fashion; I make sports clothes that are relatively conservative, clothes that everyone wears.
我们做的不是离谱的时尚;我做的运动服比较保守,每个人都穿。
The moment you shift the conversation to God ... you can pretend to know things you absolutely and obviously cannot know.
当你把话题转向上帝的时候……你可以假装知道一些你绝对不可能知道的事情。
It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it's easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.
做一个自由主义者比做一个保守主义者难得多。为什么?因为向别人竖中指比伸出援助之手更容易。
I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately.
我从小到大都很保守,因为我妈妈是一个保守主义者。当我终于意识到什么是保守主义者时,我立刻改变了主意。
Part of me is probably more conservative than people realise. I like my old string quartets, I don't like music that's trippy for trippy's sake.
我的一部分可能比人们意识到的更保守。我喜欢我的老式弦乐四重奏,我不喜欢为了迷幻而迷幻的音乐。
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I was reared in the conservative atmosphere of a Methodist parsonage.
我在卫理公会牧师的保守氛围中长大。
A conservative is a man who sits and think, mostly sits.
保守主义者是那种坐着思考的人,大多数时候都是坐着思考的人。
A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'
一个保守主义者是站在历史的另一边大喊“停止!”
A liberal is a person who believes that water can be made to run uphill. A conservative is someone who believes everybody should pay for his water. I'm somewhere in between: I believe water should be free, but that water flows downhill.
自由主义者是相信水可以流到山上的人。保守主义者认为每个人都应该为自己的水付费。我的观点介于两者之间:我认为水应该是免费的,但水是往下坡流的。
I've got money so I'm a Conservative.
我有钱,所以我是个保守主义者。