| 单词 | left of centre |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleft of centre left of centre adj. of, relating to, or characterized by left-wing political views. ΚΠ 1934 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Times 5 Dec. 3/2 Roosevelt's associates certain he will maintain ‘left of center’ course. 1957 J. Osborne Entertainer viii. 62 A chap at my school..managed to get himself in to the Labour Government, and they always said he was left of centre. 1962 Listener 19 July 87/1 A left-of-centre party not unlike the British Labour Party. 1972 Times 4 Aug. 13/4 The constitution of..the Donovan Commission, was on any showing a fair way left of centre. 1991 M. Valverde Age Light, Soap, & Water: Moral Reform in Eng. Canada, 1885–1925 i. 18 As defined by Allen, Cook, and others, ‘social gospel’ refers to the attempts to humanize and/or Christianize the political economy of urban-industrial capitalism. Its prophets were generally moderately left of centre. 2006 Prospect Aug. 32/2 Washington would no longer be able to accuse any left of centre regime in the region of being a ‘Soviet beachhead’. < as lemmas |
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