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

• Why is this such a fundamental change, and not one that the old guard can quickly latch onto?
  那么为什么说云计算是一次颠覆性的变革，而不是那种传统的软件厂商可以迅速实现的创新呢？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He knows I'm old guard. you're fringe.
  我是主流，你是非主流。
• He must be one of the old guard.
  他可能就是一个老门卫罢了。
• 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。
• 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。