Word familynounradicalradicalismRadicalismradicalityradicalizationradicalnessradicandradicationradicelradicleradiculeadjectiveradicalradicantradicateradicatedradicelloseradicicolousradiciformradicivorousradicularradiculoseverbradicalizeadverbradically
radical changes• Some politicians are raising more radical changes.• That may be so, but when I first knew them there had been radical changes.• The price of this pragmatism has been to disappoint those who expected radical changes after Independence.• In the next decade, microcomputers will stimulateradical changes in every part of the educational system.• The widening of educational opportunity in the immediatepost-war period was not accompanied by radical changes in its content.• This is likely to lead to radical changes in the committee's procedures, which could be implemented next year.• These new ideas demandradical changes in the design of the entire business process.• Before we make any radical changes such as doing away with jurytrials, should we not think very carefully indeed?
VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, seem, sound極端;好像激進;聽起來極端▸➤become變得激進ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常激進▸➤increasingly日益激進➤equally同樣激進➤insufficiently不夠激進▸➤genuinely, truly真正激進;確實極端◇a truly radical concept確實激進的觀念➤potentially可能極端▸➤politically, socially政治上激進;社會生活方式極端◇When I was young, I was more politically radical.我年輕時在政治上更為激進。
radical ♦︎ revolutionary ♦︎ progressive ♦︎ extremeThese words all describe ideas and views that are very new and/or different, especially in politics.这些词均表示观点或见解全新的、颠覆传统的、激进的,尤其在政治方面。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺下图显示这些词所表达激进的程度
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PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆radical / revolutionary / progressive / extreme ideas / views◆radical / revolutionary proposals / solutions◆a radical / revolutionary leader■radical ˈrædɪkl [usually before noun](of ideas) new, different, and likely to have a great effect; (of people or their opinions) in favour of thorough and complete political or social change(观念)全新的,有创见的;(人或其观点在针对政治或社会变化方面)激进的,极端的◆He proposed a radical solution to the problem.他提出了一个解决问题的全新方法。◆the radical wing of the party党内的激进派◆radical politicians / students / writers激进的政治人物/学生/作家OPPconservative ⇨ conservative see also radical ⇨ fundamental■revolutionary ˌrevəˈluːʃənəri; NAmEˌrevəˈluːʃəneriinvolving a great or complete change; connected with political revolution彻底变革的;巨变的;革命的◆It was a time of rapid and revolutionary change.那是一个迅猛、剧烈的变革时期。◆At the time this idea was revolutionary.这个想法在当时创意非凡。◆revolutionary uprisings革命起义 see also revolution ⇨ revolution1, revolutionary ⇨ guerrillanoun■progressiveprəˈgresɪv (usuallyapproving) in favour of new ideas, modern methods and change进步的;先进的;开明的◆progressive schools开明的学校◆Are you in favour of progressive teaching methods?你赞成新式教学方法吗?OPPconservative ⇨ conservative see also progress ⇨ progress■extreme (usuallydisapproving) (of people, political organizations or opinions) far from what most people consider to be normal, reasonable or acceptable(人、政治组织或观点)极端的,偏激的,过分的◆extreme left-wing / right-wing views极左/极右观点OPPmoderate ⇨ disciplined▸extremism
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[uncountable] ◆political / religious extremism政治/宗教极端主义