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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• For the old guard, equities are merely a high-profile hook on which to hang higher-margin data, technology and derivatives businesses.
  对于守旧者，股票只是一个备受关注的平台，用于挂靠利润率更高的数据、技术和衍生品业务。
• 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。
• But one can't imagine any of the old guard of Hong Kong's business community ( except for maybe Gordon Wu) risking Beijing's wrath in this way.
  但是任何人都不敢想象香港商业社会的守旧者（或许除了胡应湘外）会以这种方式冒激怒北京的险。