old guard

英 [əʊld ɡɑːd]

美 [oʊld ɡɑːrd]

n.  (守旧的)元老派; 保守派; 卫道士

Collins.1

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 academic old guard of seventeenth-century Italy used the church courts to stop Galileo.
  十七世纪意大利学院派老一代的卫道士利用教会法庭停止伽利略。
• 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。
• The old guard of the prevailing paradigm has lost interest in debating scientific questions.
  普遍范式老一代卫道士对讨论科学问题已经失去了兴趣。
• Tensions began to arise between the old guard and some of their newer members.
  保守派和一些新成员之间的关系开始紧张起来。
• 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。
• As a result, a great propaganda war between the old guard and the young rebels will break out and shake the halls of ivy.
  作为结果，老一代卫道士与青年反叛分子之间发生的宣传战将动摇常春藤构成的会堂。
• Not yet ready to make war on the old Guard, he came to terms with them.
  由于尚未准备好向保守派作斗争，就与之友好相处。
• New members of the party felt they had been double-crossed by the old guard.
  党内的新成员觉得他们被那个资深党员骗了。
• He must be one of the old guard.
  他可能就是一个老门卫罢了。
• He was an old non-commissioned officer of the old guard.
  他原是旧羽林军里的一名下级军官。