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 managing director is one of the old guard, but the new young sales director seems to be getting the rest of the board to take a more up-to-date view.
总经理是个保守派，但这位新来的年轻的销售经理，似乎在使其他的董事会成员接受更具有现代化的观点。
Tanna Oldfield's software company needed to establish rapport between some new hires and the firm's old guard.
塔纳•奥德菲尔德的软件公司需要在新雇员工和老员工之间建立和睦融洽的关系。
He was an old non-commissioned officer of the old guard.
他原是旧羽林军里的一名下级军官。
And he still seems bent on repaying election favours to a rapacious old guard.
他一心想要答谢一位贪婪的老兵，为他的选举帮了忙。
Not yet ready to make war on the old Guard, he came to terms with them.
由于尚未准备好向保守派作斗争，就与之友好相处。
Analysts believe Mr Papandreou will need to side with the reformists in his party, risking the alienation of the old guard which has a more populist economic agenda, while seeking the support of trade unions and other interest groups.
分析人士相信，帕潘德里欧需要和党内的改革派站在一边，在寻求工会及其它利益集团的支持时，可能会疏远经济议程更趋于民粹主义的保守派盟友。
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。
He belongs to the ruling Nationalist Party's old guard.
他属于执政的国民党的保守派。
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。
The Republican National Committee remained an Old Guard stronghold even after Mr Eisenhower's election.
共和党的全国委员会甚至在艾森豪威尔先生当选总统之后仍然是保守派的堡垒。