Politics is often drawn as a line. The centre is the middle: not a huge change, not a hard push for a new system. Left-of-centre means you sit on that line a little toward the left. You tend to want more help from the state for people with less money, stronger public services, and more rights for workers — but you are not at the far left, and you are not calling yourself a communist.

Politics政治 is often常常 drawn as a line被畫成一條線。The centre is是 the middle正中間: not a huge change不要巨大的改變, not a hard push for a new system也不猛力推動新制度。Left-of-centre 的意思是 you你 on that line在那條線上 sit坐的位置 a little toward the left稍微偏向左邊。You你 tend to want傾向想要 the state國家 for people with less money給比較沒錢的人 more help更多幫助, stronger public services更強的公共服務, and more rights for workers和勞工有更多權利 — but但 you你 are not at the far left不在極左, and you are not calling yourself a communist也不自稱共產主義者。

Parties, newspapers, and people all get this label. It is a calm, slightly formal newspaper word.

Parties, newspapers, and people政黨、報紙和個人 all get this label都會得到這個標籤。It is它是 a calm, slightly formal冷靜、略帶正式的 newspaper word報紙用字。

The spelling centre is British; American English writes left-of-center. The hyphens are normal when the whole phrase describes a noun (a left-of-centre party). Though actually, “left” and “centre” do not point to the same list of beliefs in every country, so the word tells you a direction on a map, not a fixed programme.

The spelling centre 這個拼法 is British是英式的; American English美式英文 writes寫成 left-of-center。when the whole phrase describes a noun當整個片語拿來形容名詞時, The hyphens連字號 are normal是正常的, a left-of-centre party一個中間偏左的政黨。Though actually不過其實, “left” and “centre”「左」和「中」 in every country在每個國家 do not point to the same list of beliefs指的並不是同一份主張清單, so所以 the word這個字 tells you告訴你的 a direction on a map是地圖上的方向, not a fixed programme不是一套固定的政綱。