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radical

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Related topics: Policies
rad·i·cal1 /ˈrædɪkəl/ ●●○ W3 AWL adjectiveadj
1  change/difference 變革/差異VERY a radical change or difference is very big and important 重大的，根本的 OPP slight
They are proposing radical changes to the way the company is run.
他們建議對公司經營模式進行重大改革。
a radical reform of the tax system
稅收制度的徹底改革
There are radical differences between the two organizations.
這兩個組織有着根本差異。
2  opinions 觀點PPP radical ideas are very new and different, and are against what most people think or believe 激進的；前衛的 → conservative
He has put forward some very radical ideas.
他提出了一些非常激進的觀點。
I was shocked by her radical views.
她的激進觀點讓我震驚。
a radical approach to education
有創見的教育方法
3  people 人 someone who is radical has ideas that are very new and different, and against what most people think or believe 激進的；前衛的
a radical left-wing politician
激進的左翼政客
a radical feminist
激進的女權主義者
4  good 好的 American EnglishAmE informalENJOY/LIKE DOING something very good or enjoyable 頂呱呱的；好玩的
That was one radical party last night!
昨晚的聚會太棒了！
5 —radically/-kli/ adv
a radically different method of production
一種截然不同的生産方式
a radically new approach to the problem
解決這個問題的全新辦法
n COLLOCATIONS
nouns
a radical change
If that offer is serious, it will mark a radical change in policy.
a radical transformation (=a complete change in appearance, especially when this is an improvement)
The city has undergone a radical transformation.
radical measures (=extreme actions)
Instead of retreating, he suggested even more radical measures.
radical reform (=big changes to a system or organization in order to improve it)
He said the institution was in need of radical reform.
a radical overhaul (=big changes in order to improve something)
government plans for a radical overhaul of the health care system
a radical difference
There is a radical difference between this and other dieting methods.
a radical departure (=something very different)
The design of the building is a radical departure from tradition.
a radical rethink (=when you think about a plan or idea again in a very different way)
The Conservative Party leader called for a radical rethink of economic policy.
Examples from the Corpus
radical• It is instructive to recall that the cause of conservation was conservative before it was ever radical.• It was' 68, and we were both, you know, radical, and civil rights, and feminism.• He recommended a radical change in her diet.• Within the living memory of the older inhabitants of Dornie, there have been radical changes affecting both these waterways.• It was an incredibly radical decision.• Radical differences within the group began to appear.• Can it avoid self-destruction caused by the strong ideological differences among its moderate and its more radical factions?• a radical leftist group• You give too much publicity to radical oddballs...• But the combination, the combination of visionary stuff and radical politics: that troubled me.• She hunted stereotypes down as if they were sewer rats and stuck radical slogans to the fridge door.• The goals of this movement were to seek minimal economic improvements while preventing campesinos from looking for more radical solutions.
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 stimulate radical changes in every part of the educational system.• The widening of educational opportunity in the immediate post-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 demand radical changes in the design of the entire business process.• Before we make any radical changes such as doing away with jury trials, should we not think very carefully indeed?
radical ideas• Such conditions fuelled discontent and facilitated the spread of radical ideas.• Yet far from ensuring loyalty to the statusquo, their elevated position made students receptive to radical ideas.• Student assemblies, cafeterias, and libraries provided a semi-institutional network within which radical ideas and literature could circulate.• But radical ideas are needed to form a new model of the public sector-dynamic, decentralised and democratic.• Most new radical ideas in science turn out to be incorrect; only a tiny fraction turn out to be correct.• Blackwell's radical ideas point to the tentative beginnings of a discourse on active female sexuality.• It is more likely that the incorporation of radical ideas will contribute to their dilution and distraction.
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radical2 ●○○ AWL noun [countableC]
PPGsomeone who has new and different ideas, especially someone who wants complete social and political change 激進分子〔尤指主張對社會和政治作徹底變革的人〕 → conservative
radicals on the extreme left wing of the party
黨内極左翼激進分子
—radicalism noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
radical• A final recommendation of the consultants was a radical attempt to forge a closer working relationship between the board and staff members.• Prime Minister Stolypin was murdered by radicals in 1911.• The Duma, packed by radicals, was dissolved by the Tsar in 1906.• With no real power-base of his own, he was one of the first radicals to suffer disgrace.• Unless it would be for wealthy men interested in acquiring as trophy wives lapsed radicals who look great in workout gear.• Suddenly the confidence of the new radicals received a body blow.• Her verbal spontaneity ruffled far too many feathers even if it attracted admiration from thousands of radicals and feminists.• Millionaires are unlikely to be social or political radicals.
Origin radical1
(1300-1400) Late Latin radicalis, from Latin radix “root”

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