Tory

(noun.) an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution.

(noun.) a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative.

(noun.) a member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs.

录入:雷内

• He fulfilled it so vigorously that ere long he came to a decisive rupture with his old Tory friend the rector. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I said I was glad of it, and that, if they had used her ill, I would have turned tory. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Joe, continued Miss Keeldar, I never yet could ascertain properly whether you are a Whig or a Tory. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I know you have all sneered at me in the country for being a Tory. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• You always were a Tory, and your family's one of the oldest in England. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Besides, I am a Tory, you know. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It is Tory ground, where I and the 'Pioneer' are no more welcome than a poacher and his gun. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The aristocracy are decidedly a very superior class, you know, both physically, and morally, and mentally; as a high Tory I acknowledge that. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It was applied to a band of Tories who infested the neutral ground of Westchester County, New York, stealing cattle from both parties and doing other mischief. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The Tories bribe, you know: Hawley and his set bribe with treating, hot codlings, and that sort of thing; and they bring the voters drunk to the poll. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

校对:拉里