第三人称复数：progressives
形容词
1. He was a progressive thinker.
他是个进步的思想家。
2. There is often a progressive loss of sight in old age.
上了年纪的人视力逐步减退。
3. This is a very progressive firm that uses the most modern systems.
这家公司采用最现代化的系统，是一家非常先进的公司。
1. 前进的：一般而言,英语世界的人士,经常以社区(community),激进(radical),前进的(progressive),有时亦以地下的(underground)媒介/报纸,与替代性媒介相互使用;以「小众」这样的字眼指涉「替代性」,是台湾才有的形态(敦诚,1991).
2. 渐进：肥胖症(obesity)是一种慢性(chronic)、渐进(progressive)且会再发的疾病. 源自於肥胖造成的并发症非常多,包括糖尿病、心血管疾病、高血压、呼吸功能障碍、胆结石与脂肪肝、内分泌系统失调、癌症等,而这些疾病大多能因适度减重(减少原来体重的5-10﹪)而减少并发症的危险.
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1. 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.
e.g. ...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
e.g. 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。
2. （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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. ...the progressive development of a common foreign and security policy.
共同外交与安全政策的逐步发展
3. （语法中）同continuous
In grammar, progressive means the same as continuous.
1. Lam briefed the Legislative Council Panel on Development on Thursday about the strategy of " categorization and prioritization for progressive law enforcement ".
2. Progressive civic groups are planning to hold a rally in central Seoul next Wednesday to protest the government inaction.
3. If you believe the US as an open and progressive society based on these facts, you are looking at just one side of the coin.
4. Direct taxation is more effective in adjusting income differences and introducing a progressive tax system would be a major step toward more equitable development.
5. It calls for the progressive transfer of authority to Iraq's interim administration.
6. It took the whole of last year to complete a report that contained many progressive ideas.
7. He worked for the Florida comptroller and then Progressive Insurance before joining Castle Point in 2005.
8. BEIJING - China will steadily introduce a progressive pricing scheme for water use before 2015, according to a latest government water conservancy plan.
9. He said he believes the constitutional reform plans proposed by the government already are progressive.
10. On the progressive charge rates, he said a standard rate is simple and involves a small cost of implementation.
noun
1. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
Synonym: liberal liberalist
2. a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
Synonym: progressive tense imperfect imperfect tense continuous tense
adj
1. advancing in severity
e.g. progressive paralysis
2. favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
Synonym: reformist reform-minded
3. (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
e.g. progressive euchre
progressive tournaments
4. favoring or promoting progress
e.g. progressive schools
5. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
6. gradually advancing in extent