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单词 progressive
释义
progressive
adjective
uk
/prəˈɡres.ɪv/us
/prəˈɡres.ɪv/

progressiveadjective(GRADUAL)

C1
developingorhappeninggradually:
逐渐的；渐进的
There's been a progressivedeclinein thestandardoflivingover the past fewyears.最近几年的生活水平每况愈下。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
slow
  • slowYou're so slow - hurry up!
  • leisurelyWe took a leisurely drive along the quiet coast road.
  • unhurriedI like the unhurried pace of life in the countryside.
  • gentleStart off with a gentle jog, then gradually increase your speed.
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More examples
  • Summerhillschoolisnotedforitsprogressivepolicies.
  • The last fewmonthshaveseenthe progressivemeltdownof the country'spoliticalsystem.
  • The progressiveformis often referred to as thecontinuousformof theverb.
  • We arecurrentlywitnessinga progressivedeclinein thenumberofstudentsenteringhighereducation.
  • Theareahassuffereda progressivereductioninhouseprices.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making progress and advancing
  • advancement
  • age
  • ahead
  • ahead of
  • anti-development
  • carry
  • flourish
  • furtherance
  • gather
  • get beyondsomething
  • get it togetheridiom
  • grow
  • journey
  • mature
  • pan
  • ripen
  • ripeness
  • self-advancement
  • self-betterment
  • self-development
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progressiveadjective(DISEASE)

medicalspecialized
A progressivemedicalconditioncontinuestodevelop, orgraduallybecomesworseor moreserious. :
Alzheimer'sdiseaseis a progressivebraincondition.
He wasdiagnosedwith syringomyelia, adiseaseof thespinalcordthatresultsin progressiveweakeningof thebody.
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non-progressive(OF DISEASE)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Disease & illness - general words
  • aggressiveness
  • autoimmune disease
  • bilharzia
  • bluetongue
  • calculus
  • CFS
  • hypochondriac
  • iatrogenic
  • ill health
  • impairment
  • incurably
  • outbreak
  • pathology
  • pathway
  • seizure
  • terminally
  • uncomplicated
  • variant
  • worried well
  • zoonosis
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Changing

progressiveadjective(MODERN)

B2
Progressiveideasorsystemsare new andmodern,encouragingchangeinsocietyor in the way that things are done:
（指思想或体制）进步的，先进的
progressiveideas/attitudes进步的思想／态度
Theleftof thepartyispressingfor a more progressivesocialpolicy.该政党的左派敦促实行更加进步的社会政策。
a progressiveschool实行进步教育法的学校
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
modern
  • modernThe building was made using modern construction techniques.
  • up to dateThe hospital has some of the most up-to-date equipment in the country.
  • latestShe always wears the latest fashions.
  • cutting-edgeComputers have brought cutting-edge technology into the classroom.
  • high-techDivers with high-tech equipment discovered the wreck of the ship.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Modern & fashionable
  • be (all) the rageidiom
  • be having a momentidiom
  • be the last word insomethingidiom
  • futuristic
  • get with the programmeidiom
  • go ahead
  • happening
  • high-tech
  • hipster
  • smartness
  • snappily
  • snappy
  • snazzily
  • sophisticated
  • the avant-garde
  • up to date
  • up-to-the-minuteidiom
  • way-out
  • with it
  • à la mode
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progressiveadjective(TAX)

finance & economics
A progressivetaxsystemis one in which therateoftaxishigheronlargeramountsofmoney.
累进（税）的
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Taxation
  • amortizable
  • anti-dumping
  • anti-progressive
  • anti-tax
  • bedroom tax
  • financial year
  • fiscal year
  • flat tax
  • gas tax
  • HMRC
  • road tax
  • sales tax
  • self-assessment
  • shelter
  • sin tax
  • taxpayer
  • the taxman
  • tithe
  • top rate
  • vat
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progressiveadjective(GRAMMAR)

language
The progressiveformof averbis used to show that theactioniscontinuing. It isformedwith theverb"be"followedby thepresentparticiple(=-ingformof theverb):
（动词）进行时的
"He'sworkinghard at themoment" is anexampleof thepresentprogressiveformof theverb"work".He's working hard at the moment 是动词 work 的现在进行时的一个例子。
"I waseatingwhen thephonerang" is anexampleof thepastprogressive.I was eating when the phone rang 是过去进行时的一个例子。
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Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
  • accusative
  • art
  • bare infinitive
  • bent
  • continuous
  • infinitive
  • non-progressive
  • passive
  • passivization
  • pluperfect
  • present
  • present participle
  • subjunctive
  • the active voice
  • the first person
  • the future perfect
  • the past continuous
  • the past tense
  • the present continuous
  • the third person
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progressiveadjective(GLASSES)

US
(UKvarifocal)
used todescribealens(= acurvedpieceofglass)thatallowsyou toseethingsclearlyat differentdistances:
Progressivelensesprovidevisioncorrectionfor both near anddistanceprescriptions, but in asinglelens.
Theysellmanytypesofglasses:rimless, progressive,tintedand so on.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Eyesight, glasses & lenses
  • accommodative
  • afterimage
  • age-related macular degeneration
  • AMD
  • astigmatic
  • bespectacled
  • bifocals
  • boss-eyed
  • eyestrain
  • goggles
  • macular degeneration
  • monocular
  • multifocal
  • naked
  • nearsightedly
  • ocular
  • ophthalmology
  • pince-nez
  • snow blindness
  • sty
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progressive
noun[C]
uk
/prəˈɡres.ɪv/us
/prəˈɡres.ɪv/

progressivenoun[C](POLITICS)

politics
apersonwhosupportsnewideasandsocialchange,especiallyone whobelongsto apoliticalparty
支持进步政策者；改革派人士
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reactionary
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Politics - general words
  • anti-capitalism
  • anti-capitalist
  • anti-communism
  • anti-communist
  • anti-fascism
  • lab
  • laissez-faire
  • left
  • left of centre
  • leftist
  • overstep
  • parliament
  • party politics
  • personality cult
  • pinko
  • subsidiarity
  • super-conservative
  • Thatcherism
  • the Third Way
  • Tory
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progressivenoun[C](GLASSES)

progressives[plural]US(UKvarifocals)
glasseswithspeciallensesthatletyouseethingsclearlyat differentdistances:
Are thoseglassesprogressives?
An eye-careprofessionalcanprescribeprogressives with afocusthat'sappropriatefor you.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Eyesight, glasses & lenses
  • accommodative
  • afterimage
  • age-related macular degeneration
  • AMD
  • astigmatic
  • bespectacled
  • bifocals
  • boss-eyed
  • eyestrain
  • goggles
  • macular degeneration
  • monocular
  • multifocal
  • naked
  • nearsightedly
  • ocular
  • ophthalmology
  • pince-nez
  • snow blindness
  • sty
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(Definition ofprogressivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
progressive
adjective
uk
/prəˈɡres.ɪv/us
/prəˈɡres.ɪv/

progressiveadjective(GRADUAL)

C1
developingorhappeninggradually
逐渐的；渐进的
There's been a progressivedeclinein thestandardoflivingover the past fewyears.最近几年的生活水平每况愈下。
a progressivedisease慢性病
More examples
  • Summerhillschoolisnotedforitsprogressivepolicies.
  • The last fewmonthshaveseenthe progressivemeltdownof the country'spoliticalsystem.
  • The progressiveformis often referred to as thecontinuousformof theverb.
  • We arecurrentlywitnessinga progressivedeclinein thenumberofstudentsenteringhighereducation.
  • Theareahassuffereda progressivereductioninhouseprices.

progressiveadjective(MODERN)

B2
Progressiveideasorsystemsare new andmodern,encouragingchangeinsocietyor in the way that things are done.
（指思想或体制）进步的，先进的
progressiveideas/attitudes进步的思想／态度
Theleftof thepartyispressingfor a more progressivesocialpolicy.该政党的左派敦促实行更加进步的社会政策。
a progressiveschool实行进步教育法的学校

progressiveadjective(TAX)

finance & economics
A progressivetaxsystemis one in which therateoftaxishigheronlargeramountsofmoney.
累进（税）的

progressiveadjective(GRAMMAR)

language
The progressiveformof averbis used to show that theactioniscontinuing. It isformedwith theverb"be"followedby thepresentparticiple(=-ingformof theverb).
（动词）进行时的
"He'sworkinghard at themoment" is anexampleof thepresentprogressiveformof theverb"work".He's working hard at the moment 是动词 work 的现在进行时的一个例子。
"I waseatingwhen thephonerang" is anexampleof thepastprogressive.I was eating when the phone rang 是过去进行时的一个例子。
progressive
noun[C]
uk
/prəˈɡres.ɪv/us
/prəˈɡres.ɪv/
politics
apersonwhosupportsnewideasandsocialchange,especiallyone whobelongsto apoliticalparty
支持进步政策者；改革派人士
Compare
reactionary

progressive| American Dictionary

progressive
adjective
us
/prəˈɡres·ɪv/
A progressivediseaseis one that getsincreasinglyworse.
Progressiveideasorsystemsencouragechangeinsocietyor in the way things are done:
Sheworkedfor women’srights,laborreforms, and other progressivecauses.

progressively

adverbus
/prəˈɡres·ɪv·li/
Myeyesighthasgottenprogressivelyworseover theyears.
(Definition ofprogressivefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

progressive| Business English

progressive
adjective
uk
/prəʊˈɡresɪv/us
/prəˈɡresɪv/
developingorhappeninggradually:
There's been a progressivedeclinein thestandardoflivingover the lastdecade.
Lomaxpromised'a progressivereturntoourunderlyinggrowthrate' of 20% ayear.
MANAGEMENT,POLITICS
used todescribeideasorsystemsthat are new andmodern, and thatencouragechangeanddevelopment:
We'relookingfor progressiveideastomovethecompanyforward.
progressivemanagementpractices
Thecompanyleadershiphaspoliticallyprogressiveviews.
ECONOMICS,TAX
used todescribeaneconomicsystemin which moreadvantages,especiallytaxadvantages, are given topeoplewith lessmoneythan topeoplewith moremoney:
Thepartysays it willintroducea more progressiveBudget.

Compare

regressive
(Definition ofprogressivefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprogressive

progressive
The extraction of always-type and interpretative progressives required close (manual) readings of the corpus data.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Clauses describing states (which include progressives, perfects, conditionals and generics) introduce stickers on existing nodes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
First, working memory was a significant predictor of grammaticality judgment performance on four different structures (word order, progressives, regular past and third person agreement).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Legal realists, as well as the broader category of legal progressives, involved themselves in the study of law and its applications.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In addition, subjective progressives may occur with the 'accusing second person' (1994a: 472).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Instead, most of the progressives in the cor pus of the present study occur with activity verbs, typically in a subclause.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Their co-operation, whether willing or otherwise, was essential for the progressives on both economic and ideological grounds.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Three basic environments where the adult grammar requires overt inflectional material were coded : present tense copular constructions ; present progressives ; and sentences requiring 3sg present agreement.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Meanwhile, a growing proportion of progressives are found to occur in main clauses.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Conservatives regulate personal indiscretions, whereas progressives focus on transgressions of state.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The work also serves to remind us of the diversity of opinion and philosophy among those we call ' ' progressives.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Colloquialization also seems to play a much less important role in the development of the construction under investigation than in other types of progressives.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Not all combinations of be followed by an -ing form are progressives, though.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thus, present-tense uses should be in the majority in subjective progressives.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Present progressives were defined as clauses with -ing on the verb which seemed according to context to have present reference.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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