1. 进步的；先进的；革新的
Someone who is progressive or has progressive ideas has modern ideas about how things should be done, rather than traditional ones.
e.g. ...a progressive businessman who had voted for Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936...
在1932年和1936年投票支持罗斯福的开明商人
e.g. Willan was able to point to the progressive changes he had already introduced...
维兰能够找出他已经采用的一些革新。
2. （变化等）逐渐的，逐步发生的，逐步发展的
A progressive change happens gradually over a period of time.
e.g. One prominent symptom of the disease is progressive loss of memory.
这种疾病的一个显著症状就是记忆逐渐丧失。
e.g. ...the progressive development of a common foreign and security policy.
共同外交与安全政策的逐步发展