old guard

英 [əʊld ɡɑːd]

美 [oʊld ɡɑːrd]

n.  (守旧的)元老派; 保守派; 卫道士

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牛津词典

noun

• （守旧的）元老派；保守派；卫道士
  the original members of a group or an organization, who are often against change

柯林斯词典

• N-SING-COLL （组织中的）保守派，守旧派
  If you refer to a group of people as theold guard, you mean that they have worked in a particular organization for a very long time and are unwilling to accept new ideas or practices.
  1. The old guard did not like the changes that Brewer introduced...
     保守派不满布鲁尔推行的这些变革。
  2. He belongs to the ruling Nationalist Party's old guard.
     他属于执政的国民党的保守派。

英英释义

noun

• a faction that is unwilling to accept new ideas

双语例句

• The old guard is only now recognizing the fact that your present reality is beyond saving.
  守旧的保护人现在才认识到你们的当下世界实相已不能挽回。
• He must be one of the old guard.
  他可能就是一个老门卫罢了。
• And he still seems bent on repaying election favours to a rapacious old guard.
  他一心想要答谢一位贪婪的老兵，为他的选举帮了忙。
• He belongs to the ruling Nationalist Party's old guard.
  他属于执政的国民党的保守派。
• The old guard can meet this challenge through the press and the courts.
  老一代卫道士能够通过新闻界和法院应付这些挑战。
• Tanna Oldfield's software company needed to establish rapport between some new hires and the firm's old guard.
  塔纳•奥德菲尔德的软件公司需要在新雇员工和老员工之间建立和睦融洽的关系。
• It will not be easy to winkle out the old guard and train younger replacements.
  解雇老警卫、再训练年轻警卫取而代之并不是件容易的事。
• The old guard of leaders are closed off behind walls built of yesterday's ideology.
  领导人的老警卫们生活在用过去的意识形态筑成的高墙内，与世隔绝。
• The old guard stood by their leader in his difficult days.
  追随者在领袖最艰苦的日子与他站在一起。
• Analysts believe Mr Papandreou will need to side with the reformists in his party, risking the alienation of the old guard which has a more populist economic agenda, while seeking the support of trade unions and other interest groups.
  分析人士相信，帕潘德里欧需要和党内的改革派站在一边，在寻求工会及其它利益集团的支持时，可能会疏远经济议程更趋于民粹主义的保守派盟友。