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 stood by their leader in his difficult days.
  追随者在领袖最艰苦的日子与他站在一起。
• Tensions began to arise between the old guard and some of their newer members.
  保守派和一些新成员之间的关系开始紧张起来。
• 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。
• He must be one of the old guard.
  他可能就是一个老门卫罢了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。