| 词汇 | politician |
| 释义 | politicianWord family noun politician politics politicization politicking politico politicasterpolitickerpolitiquepolitical correctnesspolitical economypolitical prisonerpolitical scienceadjective political politicized apolitical politic verb politicize politickadverb politically politicly pol·i·ti·cian /ˌpɒləˈtɪʃən $ ˌpɑː-/ ●●● W2 noun [countableC] 1 POLITICSsomeone who works in politics, especially an elected member of the government 政治家 politicians who are trying to get the minority vote 努力争取少数族群选票的政治家 a British Labour politician 英国工党政治家 2 DEAL WITHsomeone who is skilled at dealing with people or using the situation within an organization to gain an advantage 善于玩弄权术者 the office politician 善于搞办公室政治的人 n COLLOCATIONS ADJECTIVES/NOUN + politician a Labour/Republican etc politician Her mother was a Labour politician. an opposition politician (=belonging to the party that is not in power – used in some political systems) Opposition politicians argued that there was not enough reason to go to war. a left-wing/right-wing politician He had been under attack from right-wing politicians for some time. a leading/prominent politician The scandal ruined the careers of several leading politicians. a senior politician Talks between senior politicians in Zagreb and Belgrade took place. a local politician The plan is strongly supported by local politicians. an elected politician Are the country’s elected politicians trustworthy? popular He is the most popular politician in the country. corrupt (=one who is not honest) They make quiet deals with corrupt politicians. astute/shrewd (=one who is good at getting what he wants done) He proved to be an astute politician. n THESAURUS politician someone who works in politics, especially an elected member of the government senior politicians statesman a political or government leader, especially one who is well-respected a respected elder statesman great statesmen like Roosevelt and Churchill He would later describe the king as ‘one of the most brilliant statesmen I have ever been privileged to meet’. MP/Member of Parliament in Britain, someone who has been elected to a parliament to represent people from a particular area of the country Ken Newton, MP congressman a man who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives a Republican congressman congresswoman a woman who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives Mrs McKinney was the state’s first black congresswoman. senator a member of the senate, especially in the US Senator Clinton representative in the US, a member of the House of Representatives Democratic Representatives mayor someone who has been elected to lead the government of a town or city Boris Johnson was elected mayor of London. the former New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani spin doctor someone who is used by a political party to influence people’s opinions by cleverly controlling what is reported in the news The party spin doctors would like us to believe that the government is committed to improving the environment. Examples from the Corpus politician• Hargreaves is a clever and ambitious politician.• Decisions on large infrastructure projects are usually made by bankers, engineers and politicians.• the wife of a leading British politician• He says the only advantage of a two-year term is that it keeps politicians closer to their constituents.• Sadly, that breed of politician had died out.• It is also the fact that he and the other politicians in Sacramento control only around a quarter of state spending.• As a salesman, I have to be part politician and part psychologist.• How different it might have been if Edelman had proposed that politicians enter into a Contract With Children.• Although only fifteen at the time of his father's death he soon showed himself to be a cunning and unscrupulous politician.• Many right-wing politicians opposed the treaty. |
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