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？
• He belongs to the ruling Nationalist Party's old guard.
  他属于执政的国民党的保守派。
• 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。
• 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。
• The old guard can meet this challenge through the press and the courts.
  老一代卫道士能够通过新闻界和法院应付这些挑战。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Over the past two decades the old guard has taken a rusting industrial base and from it made gleaming corporate giants.
  过去二十年来，老一辈的人从锈蚀的工业基础中创建了闪亮的企业巨人。
• 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。