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单词 Lib.
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Definition of Lib. in English:

Lib.

abbreviationlɪblɪb
  • (in the context of party politics) Liberal.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Aggression in the inner city would see 2-3 Green seats where Lib voters would get Greens up over the ALP.
    • Unless Abbott was a trustee that technically means the rap falls on Wheeldon/Coleman rather than Abbott or Lib Party.
    • Lib MP Judi Moylan is a great ambassador for us and provided a written statement of support.
    • He basically argues that Mills is one of the most progressive players in the Lib party.
    • If you want a relevant example of serious bungling, you need look no further than the Victorian Lib government.
    • We'll be back in power within a few years, stronger, refreshed, with loads of disillusioned lib voters.
    • Bolte was a long serving lib premier in Victoria.
    • Howard publicly dismissed it, but criticism of a Lib government from within the ruling class is not so easily dismissed in reality.
nounlɪb
British informal
  • A member or supporter of a political party called the Liberal Party.

    the hard-fought race over who'll win the right to run for the Libs in the Spring election
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The provincial Libs are of course facing the same problems as their federal counterparts of late.
    • All of a sudden the policies they thought the Libs could never contest have become fully contestable and electoral dynamite.
    • He said that he believes private life should be private (fancy a Lib saying that!).
    • The rally passed the railway station and the office of the local Federal MP (a Lib, I am informed).
    • He promised that his Libs would replace the PCs as the governing party in this province.
    • Lest anyone think I am a Lib, I was an ALP member expelled from the party some years ago.
    • I was able to vote conscience and went with the Libs.
    • It was a Lib who came up with the best description of their aims - "putting people first by managing better".
    • Field called an election - though the Libs had promised him a three-month grace period before joining another no-confidence vote.

Origin

Late 19th century: abbreviation of liberal.

 
 

Definition of Lib. in US English:

Lib.

abbreviationliblɪb
  • Liberal.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Aggression in the inner city would see 2-3 Green seats where Lib voters would get Greens up over the ALP.
    • If you want a relevant example of serious bungling, you need look no further than the Victorian Lib government.
    • Lib MP Judi Moylan is a great ambassador for us and provided a written statement of support.
    • We'll be back in power within a few years, stronger, refreshed, with loads of disillusioned lib voters.
    • Bolte was a long serving lib premier in Victoria.
    • He basically argues that Mills is one of the most progressive players in the Lib party.
    • Unless Abbott was a trustee that technically means the rap falls on Wheeldon/Coleman rather than Abbott or Lib Party.
    • Howard publicly dismissed it, but criticism of a Lib government from within the ruling class is not so easily dismissed in reality.

Origin

Late 19th century: abbreviation of liberal.

 
 
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