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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Fa·bi·an /ˈfebiən/
 (a.)費邊式的,拖延時間的費邊主義

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fa·bi·an, a.
 1. Of or pertaining to the Roman gens Fabia.
 2.  Designating, or pertaining to, a society of socialists, organized in England in 1884 to spread socialistic principles gradually without violent agitation.
    The Fabian Society proposes then to conquer by delay; to carry its programme, not by a hasty rush, but through the slower, but, as it thinks, surer methods of patient discussion, exposition, and political action.    --William Clarke.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fa·bi·an n. A member of, or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fa·bi·an a.  Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest.
 Fabian policy, a policy like that of Fabius Maximus, who, by carefully avoiding decisive contests, foiled Hannibal, harassing his army by marches, countermarches, and ambuscades; a policy of delays and cautions.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Fabian
      adj 1: of or relating to Fabianism; "the Fabian society"
      2: using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition;
         avoiding direct confrontation; "a fabian policy" [syn: dilatory]
      n : a member of the Fabian Society in Britain