托利党

托利黨

Tuōlìdǎng

popculture

Meanings

1 the Tory Party (British)
2 (historical) the Tories
3 (informal) the British Conservative Party

Characters

(phonetic, 'to')

(phonetic, 'ry')

Examples

十八世纪英国政治由辉格党和托利党主导。

Shíbā shìjì Yīngguó zhèngzhì yóu Huīgédǎng hé Tuōlìdǎng zhǔdǎo.

Eighteenth-century British politics was dominated by the Whigs and the Tories.

现代保守党的前身就是托利党。

Xiàndài Bǎoshǒudǎng de qiánshēn jiùshì Tuōlìdǎng.

The modern Conservative Party's predecessor was the Tory Party.

Tips

history

托利 (Tuōlì) is a phonetic loan from English 'Tory', itself from Irish tóraidhe ('outlaw'). The party formed in the 1670s alongside its rival 辉格党 (Huīgédǎng, the Whigs). The modern Conservatives still nickname themselves Tories.

Stroke Order

托 tuō

利 lì

党 dǎng