radical
adjective
uk/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/radicaladjective(SUPPORTING CHANGE)
C2
believingorexpressingthebeliefthat there should begreatorextremesocialorpoliticalchange:
激进的；过激的；极端的He wasknownas a radicalreformer/thinker/politician.他是个著名的激进改革者／思想家／政治家。
Thesepeoplehave very radicalviews.这些人观点很偏激。
- Thefeelingamong thegrassrootsof thePartyis that theleadersare not radical enough.
- This is adesperatesituationwhichrequiresatrulyradicalsolution.
- Hebelongedto the radicalfringesof theparty.
- Shedescribedherself as a radicalfeminist.
- Heholdssome radicalopinionson thesubject.
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
- super-conservative
- Thatcherism
- the Third Way
- Tory
- Toryism
radicaladjective(VERY IMPORTANT)
C1
relatingto the mostimportantpartsof something or someone;completeorextreme:
根本的；彻底的，完全的We need to make some radicalchangestoouroperatingprocedures.我们需要对操作规程进行一些根本性的变革。
I'm just having myhairtrimmed- nothing radical.我正把头发剪短一下——没什么大改变。
- The past fewyearshavewitnessedradicalimprovementsto thesystem.
- Thecompanyisundergoinga radicalshake-up.
- The newmanagementwill make radicalchanges.
- I'm just having myhairtrimmed- nothing radical.
- In heressay, shecharacterizesthewholeeraas aperiodof radicalchange.
Very important or urgent
- all-important
- at all cost(s)idiom
- be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
- chief
- clutch
- co-principal
- life-and-death
- life-changing
- mainly
- major league
- make the world go around/roundidiom
- meaningful
- pressing
- prized
- prominent
- revalorization
- revalorize
- sacred
- salient
- subtle
radicaladjective(SURGERY)
medicalspecialized
aimedatremovingalldiseasedtissue:
（指移除所有患病组织）根本的Cervicalcancermay becuredwith radicalsurgerywhen it isconfinedto thepelvisorregionallymphnodes.宫颈癌如果仅限于盆骨或周边淋巴结时，可以采用根除性手术治愈。
Medical treatment: general words
- allopathic
- biosurgery
- co-administration
- detoxify
- elective
- light therapy
- medically
- modality
- muti
- nasal spray
- orthopaedic
- pathway
- prehab
- prehabilitation
- primary care
- radically
- reconstructive
- social prescribing
- soothing
- surgical
radical
noun[C]
uk/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/C2
apersonwhosupportsgreatsocialandpoliticalchange:
激进分子；极端分子She was a radical all herlife.她一生都是个激进分子。
See also
free radicalspecialized
Activism & pressure groups
- activism
- activist
- agitation
- agitator
- agitprop
- clicktivism
- clicktivist
- counter-demonstrate
- counter-demonstration
- counter-demonstrator
- identity politics
- insurgency
- insurrection
- interest group
- lobbyist
- social entrepreneur
- special interest group
- super-lobbyist
- super-militant
- take a kneeidiom