the Liberal Party
/ðə ˈlɪbərəl pɑːti/
/ðə ˈlɪbərəl pɑːrti/
(also the Liberals)
- a former British political party. It developed in the middle of the 19th century from the Whigs, and under William Gladstone and David Lloyd George became the party of social and political reform. It lost support after the rise of the Labour Party in the early 20th century. In the elections of 1983 and 1987 the Liberals achieved some success by joining with the Social Democratic Party to form the Alliance, and the two parties were officially united in 1988. They were then called the Liberal Democratic Party.
自由党：前英国政党。它在19世纪中叶由辉格党发展而来，在威廉·格拉德斯通（William Gladstone）和大卫·劳埃德·乔治（David Lloyd George）的领导下成为社会和政治改革党。20世纪初工党崛起后，它失去了支持。在1983年和1987年的选举中，自由党与社会民主党结成联盟，取得了一些成功，两党在1988年正式联合起来。他们后来被称为自由民主党。