1 (used about changes in sth) very great; complete (指变化)很大的,彻底的:
The tax system needs radical reform.税制须要彻底改革。radical change彻底的改变
2 wanting great social or political change 激进的;偏激的:
to have radical views持激进观点☞Look at moderate ¹(2) and extreme (2). 参看moderate^1(2)及extreme(2)。 ➔radically /-kli ||; -klɪ/ advThe First World War radically altered the political map of Europe.第一次世界大战彻底改变了欧洲的政治地图。
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/ˈrædɪkl ||; ˈrædɪkḷ/noun
[C] a person who wants great social or political change 激进分子
☞Look at moderate ³ and extremist. 参看moderate^3及extremist。
radical1/ˋrædIkḷ; ˈrædIk$l/adj 1 a radical change or difference is very big and important〔变革或差异〕重大的﹐根本的: radical economic reforms 彻底的经济改革2 if someone is radical, or if they have radical ideas, their ideas are very new and extreme〔人或观点〕激进的﹔前卫的: radical feminists 激进的女权主义者 —radically /-kḷI; -kli/adv : Life suddenly changed radically. 生活突然发生了彻底的改变。
radical2n [C] someone who has new and extreme ideas, especially someone who wants complete social and political change 激进分子〔尤指主张对社会和政治作彻底变革的人〕 —radicalism n [U]