保bou2守sau2

English

1. conservative
2. conservative; traditional, resistant to new trends or ideas
3. to keep; to guard
4. to guard
5. conservative (when making an estimate)
6. to keep

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 注重傳統，唔輕易接受新嘅潮流或者時下大眾嘅諗法
2. 唔講一個秘密出嚟，唔俾人揭開個秘密
3. 做估計嗰陣用一個穩陣啲嘅數字

Examples

• 保守估計

  to estimate on the safe side

• 你要保守秘密呀！

  You have to keep the secret!

• 佢思想好保守，一定唔肯同居嘅。

  He is very conservative; he won't agree with cohabitation. ----

• 我唔係想話保守派一般都係傻嘅，我係想話傻嘅人通常都係保守嘅。

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• 邦佛朗尼校正：最簡單（同時亦係最保守）嗰種多重比較問題應對方法，將對統計顯著性嘅要求變得嚴格啲。

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• 瓦萊薩喺蒙特利爾同記者講嘢嗰陣話，東德領導層嘅變動係因為舊政權嘅保守派領導人喺歷史嘅流動中留低咗。

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• 難以置信嘅文化衰落、令人驚訝嘅無知、理想主義嘅垃圾，同埋隱瞞真相嘅政策，係美國保守派入面最強烈嘅支持。

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• 保守秘密。

  Keep the secret.

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