centrist

n. 中立派议员；中间派议员

中文词源

centrist 温和派

来自center, 中间。

centrist (n.): 1872, from French centriste, from centre (see center (n.)). Originally in English with reference to French politics; general application to other political situations is from 1890.
Where M. St. Hilaire is seen to most advantage, however, is when quietly nursing one of that weak-kneed congregation who sit in the middle of the House, and call themselves "Centrists." A French Centrist is--exceptis eoccipiendis--a man who has never been able to make up his mind, nor is likely to. ["Men of the Third Republic," London, 1873]

1. He had left the movement because it had abandoned its centrist policies.: 他退出了该运动，因为它放弃了温和政策。

2. The Civic Movement could be the nucleus of a centrist party of the future.: 公民运动的成员可能会成为未来中间派政党的核心。

3. Unlike Bill Clinton an instinctive centrist, Mr Obama is a progressive liberal.: 与天生的中间派比尔?克林顿(BillClinton)不同, 奥巴马是一个进步的自由派人士.

5. But the reality of Clintonomics was more centrist and less ambitious than promised.: 但现实是,克林顿政府的经济政策并没有允诺的那样雄心勃勃,反而更为中间派.