English Dictionary

liberal

/ˈlɪbɹəl/

adj

(now rare outside set phrases) Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which is considered to provide general knowledge, as opposed to vocational/occupational, technical or mechanical training.

She has a liberal approach to politics.

意味（1）

(now rare outside set phrases) Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which is considered to provide general knowledge, as opposed to vocational/occupational, technical or mechanical training.

1983, David Leslie Wagner, The Seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages

意味（2）

Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.

Indeed, the Government has been very liberal in the expenditure of public money

意味（3）

Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.

For this reason a liberal amount of piping should be used. If a liberal supply of piping is provided at first, the first cost will of course be greater, but the extra expenditure is called for but once.

意味（4）

(obsolete) Unrestrained, licentious.

Myself, my brother, and this grieved count,

Did see her, hear her, at that hour last night,

Talk with a ruffian at her chamber-window;

Who hath indeed, most like a liberal villain,

Confess'd the vile encounters they have had

Myself, my brother, and this grieved count, Did see her, hear her, at that hour last night, Talk with a ruffian at her chamber-window; Who hath indeed, most like a liberal villain, Confess'd the vile encounters they have had A thousand times in secret.

意味（5）

Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.

Her parents had liberal ideas about child-rearing.

意味（6）

(politics) Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.