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

• 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。
• The old guard is only now recognizing the fact that your present reality is beyond saving.
  守旧的保护人现在才认识到你们的当下世界实相已不能挽回。
• Authentic leaders focused on customers are replacing the old guard of hierarchical leaders who concentrated on serving short-term shareholders.
  真正的企业领袖关注顾客需求，他们正在替代那些站在公司金字塔尖发号施令、只关注股东短期利益的管理者。
• But for reform to continue, Mr Thein Sein needs to show the old guard concrete results.
  但要继续推进改革，登盛必须让保守派看到实实在在的成果。
• The conservative old guard had re-established its political supremacy
  守旧的保守派已经重新掌控了政治大权。
• The old guard of leaders are closed off behind walls built of yesterday's ideology.
  领导人的老警卫们生活在用过去的意识形态筑成的高墙内，与世隔绝。
• 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。
• Analysts believe Mr Papandreou will need to side with the reformists in his party, risking the alienation of the old guard which has a more populist economic agenda, while seeking the support of trade unions and other interest groups.
  分析人士相信，帕潘德里欧需要和党内的改革派站在一边，在寻求工会及其它利益集团的支持时，可能会疏远经济议程更趋于民粹主义的保守派盟友。
• 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。
• 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。