progressive

noun

1. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

Synonym: liberalliberalist

2. a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

Synonym: progressive tenseimperfectimperfect tensecontinuous tense

adj

1. advancing in severity

e.g. progressive paralysis

2. favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

Synonym: reformistreform-minded

3. (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position

e.g. progressive euchre
progressive tournaments

4. favoring or promoting progress

e.g. progressive schools

5. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases

6. gradually advancing in extent

1. 进步的；先进的；革新的
Someone who is progressive or has progressive ideas has modern ideas about how things should be done, rather than traditional ones.

e.g. ...a progressive businessman who had voted for Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936...
在1932年和1936年投票支持罗斯福的开明商人
e.g. Willan was able to point to the progressive changes he had already introduced...
维兰能够找出他已经采用的一些革新。

2. （变化等）逐渐的，逐步发生的，逐步发展的
A progressive change happens gradually over a period of time.

e.g. One prominent symptom of the disease is progressive loss of memory.
这种疾病的一个显著症状就是记忆逐渐丧失。
e.g. ...the progressive development of a common foreign and security policy.
共同外交与安全政策的逐步发展

3. （语法中）同continuous
In grammar, progressive means the same as continuous.

1. progressive的翻译

1. 前进的：一般而言,英语世界的人士,经常以社区(community),激进(radical),前进的(progressive),有时亦以地下的(underground)媒介/报纸,与替代性媒介相互使用;以「小众」这样的字眼指涉「替代性」,是台湾才有的形态(敦诚,1991).

2. progressive的解释

2. 渐进：肥胖症(obesity)是一种慢性(chronic)、渐进(progressive)且会再发的疾病. 源自於肥胖造成的并发症非常多,包括糖尿病、心血管疾病、高血压、呼吸功能障碍、胆结石与脂肪肝、内分泌系统失调、癌症等,而这些疾病大多能因适度减重(减少原来体重的5-10﹪)而减少并发症的危险.

3. 渐进式：一般来说,有2个选项,你可以用来从自己的服务器上发布视频: 使用streaming方式或渐进式(progressive)视频下载方式:渐进式(Progressive)下载场景