willing to understand and respect other people’s behaviour, opinions, etc., especially when they are different from your own; believing people should be able to choose how they behave 寬宏大度的；心胸寬闊的；開明的 liberal attitudes/views/opinions 開明的態度／觀點／意見
Extra ExamplesHe is relatively liberal on social issues. 他對社會問題的看法是較爲自由主義的。 His attitudes are fairly liberal. 他的態度相當開明。 Her parents are very liberal and allow her a lot of freedom. 她的父母很開明，讓她享有許多的自由。 His later films reflect the more liberal values of the 1960s. 他後期的影片反映了20世紀60年代更開放的價值觀。 In some countries there is a more liberal attitude to euthanasia. 在一些國家，對安樂死有一種更自由的態度。
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wanting or allowing a lot of political and economic freedom and supporting steady social, political or religious change （政治經濟上）自由的，開明的；支持（社會、政治或宗教）變革的 Some politicians want more liberal trade relations with Europe. 有些政治家想與歐洲大陸建立更加自由的貿易關系。 liberal democracy 自由民主 liberal theories 自由主義的理論 a liberal politician 支持改革的政治家
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc1a broadly liberal policy programme 大體上自由主義的政策綱領 a broadly liberal set of policies 一套大體上自由主義的政策 comparatively liberal in trade matters 在貿易事務上比較自由主義的
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connected with the British Liberal Party in the past, or a Liberal Party in another country （舊時）英國自由黨的；（英國以外國家）自由黨的 - liberal (with something)
generous; given in large amounts 慷慨的；大方的；大量給予的 She is very liberal with her money. 她用錢很大方。 I think Sam is too liberal with his criticism (= he criticizes people too much). 我認爲薩姆太愛批評人。 Divorced fathers should have liberal access to their children. 離婚的父親應該可以自由接觸他們的孩子。 We ate cake with liberal amounts of whipped cream. 我們吃蛋糕時抹了很多攪打過的奶油。 She's very liberal with her advice! 她非常樂於提建議！
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a liberal education is about increasing somebody’s general knowledge and experience rather than particular skills 通識（教育）的 a liberal education 通識教育
not completely accurate or exact 不完全準確的；不精確的；不嚴格的 a liberal translation of the text 不拘泥於原文的翻譯 a liberal interpretation of the law 對法律的靈活解釋
respecting other opinions尊重他人意見
politics政治
generous慷慨
education教育
not exact不精確
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin liberalis, from liber ‘free (man)’. The original sense was ‘suitable for a free man’, hence ‘suitable for a gentleman’ (one not tied to a trade), surviving in liberal arts. Another early sense ‘generous’ (compare with sense (4)) gave rise to an obsolete meaning ‘free from restraint’, leading to sense (1) (late 18th cent.).