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单词 progressive
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progressive

adjective
 OPAL W
/prəˈɡresɪv/
/prəˈɡresɪv/
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  1.  
    in favour of new ideas, modern methods and change
    • progressive schools
    opposite retrogressive
    Extra Examples
    • Are you in favour of progressive teaching methods?
    • He is progressive, open-minded, and sincerely concerned with civil-rights struggles.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • highly
    • truly
    • very
    See full entry
  2.  
    happening or developing steadily
    • a progressive reduction in the size of the workforce
    • a progressive muscular disease
  3. (also continuous)
    (grammar) connected with the form of a verb (for example I am waiting or It is raining) that is made from a part of be and the present participle. Progressive forms are used to express an action that continues for a period of time.Topics Languageb1
  4. (of a tax) at a higher percentage as the total amount of money being taxed increases
    • Supporters of a progressive income tax argue that it is fairer.
    • The government made the tax more progressive, ensuring that higher earners pay more.
  5. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French progressif, -ive or medieval Latin progressivus, from progress- ‘gone forward’, from the verb progredi, from pro- ‘forward’ + gradi ‘to walk’.

progressive

noun
/prəˈɡresɪv/
/prəˈɡresɪv/
[usually plural]
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  1. a person who is in favour of new ideas, modern methods and change
    • political battles between progressives and conservatives
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French progressif, -ive or medieval Latin progressivus, from progress- ‘gone forward’, from the verb progredi, from pro- ‘forward’ + gradi ‘to walk’.
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