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保守
Conservative
I am very conservative. I don't invest in anything that is risky. If someone comes to me with a project idea, I let them risk their money, not mine.
我非常保守。我不投资任何有风险的东西。如果有人带着一个项目的想法来找我，我会让他们拿自己的钱去冒险，而不是拿我的钱去冒险。
Conservative humor is frankly harder than liberal humor. You get points for just being liberal. You can get more points if you make fun of your own side sometimes.
坦率地说，保守的幽默比自由的幽默更难。只要你是自由主义者，你就能得分。如果你有时取笑自己的球队，你可以得到更多的分数。
This court certainly doesn't lack self-confidence. It's a conservative activism for the most part, but the justices aren't afraid to decide where the legal lines are drawn.
这个法庭当然不缺乏自信。这在很大程度上是一种保守的行动主义，但法官们并不害怕决定法律的底线在哪里。
I'm a Conservative who believes in lower taxes. They lead to a more enterprising economy. But I'm not somebody who believes you can fund lower taxes by borrowing more money.
我是个保守派，相信减税。它们带来了更具进取精神的经济。但是我不相信你可以借更多的钱来降低税收。
Reagan's approach will achieve one of the basic goals of the conservative: Things remain basically the same. The rich stay rich and the poor stay poor, or even a little poorer.
里根的做法将实现保守派的一个基本目标:事情基本上保持不变。富人还是富人，穷人还是穷人，甚至更穷一点。
I want you to answer this question: Why should you settle for anything less than an authentic conservative who will fight for your views and values without an apology? Think about that.
我想让你回答这个问题:你为什么要满足于一个真正的保守主义者，一个不道歉就会为你的观点和价值观而战的人?想一想。
To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal or a conservative bias, is like asking if the problem with Al-Qaeda is do they use too much oil in their hummus.
要证明媒体有左派、右派、自由派或保守派的偏见，就像问基地组织的问题是否在于他们在鹰嘴豆泥中使用了太多的石油。
But you say you are conservative - eminently conservative - while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?
但你说你是保守的——非常保守——而我们是革命性的、破坏性的，或诸如此类的东西。保守主义是什么?它不是坚持旧的和尝试过的，反对新的和未经尝试的吗?
A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything.
激进派一般指的是认为自己能在不影响花的情况下拔出根部的人。保守主义者通常指的是想要保护一切的人，除了他自己保护任何东西的理由。
Even if you have a brain predisposed to liberalism, you might end up with some conservative friends or find inspiring conservative role models who could be very influential on you, and that could send you down a different track in life.
即使你的大脑倾向于自由主义，你也可能会和一些保守派朋友在一起，或者找到一些鼓舞人心的保守派榜样，他们可能会对你产生很大的影响，这可能会让你走上一条不同的人生道路。
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。
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The reason that conservative talk radio works is because there is an audience for it.
保守的谈话电台之所以能成功，是因为它有听众。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。