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politician

/pol-i-tish-uhn/US // ˌpɒl ɪˈtɪʃ ən //UK // (ˌpɒlɪˈtɪʃən) //

政治家,政客,政治人物,政界人士

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who is active in party politics.
    • : a seeker or holder of public office, who is more concerned about winning favor or retaining power than about maintaining principles.
    • : a person who holds a political office.
    • : a person skilled in political government or administration; statesman or stateswoman.
    • : an expert in politics or political government.
    • : a person who seeks to gain power or advancement within an organization in ways that are generally disapproved.

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Examples

  • Scientists and politicians began this pandemic with almost no data on this coronavirus.

  • In packing, politicians cram voters from the opposing party into just a few districts, securing the remaining districts for their own party.

  • Under the new measures, Facebook says it will prohibit politicians and campaigns from running new election ads in the week before the election.

  • So, we don’t need to wait to change the actual rules of the game to deliver politicians to office who can act independently of the existing political-industrial complex.

  • Maybe riots made it easier for politicians like Nixon to tap into existing racial resentment that enables punitive policies against minority communities.

  • They are model citizens, the kind of people whose lives might be used as exemplary stories by a politician in a stump speech.

  • “He is a lifetime politician,” said one D.C.-based consultant.

  • Which politician wants to defend federally-subsidized abortions for convicted criminals?

  • He reiterated the statements “I am not a politician” and “I am not a political advisor” so often that it seemed like a verbal tic.

  • “François Hollande never said a word out of line to me or behaved inappropriately with me—unlike many a politician,” she writes.

  • The Marshal proved how often a strong soldier may be a weak politician, and in 1834 he resigned office.

  • Had he in him the makings of the mere trimmer and politician, in addition to the miserable vanity that had riven him to-day?

  • Col. Moore, a veteran politician of the Old Dominion, was a most pleasant and affable gentleman, and a great lisper withal.

  • I shall manage these men far better than Colton, who is the crudest type of American politician.

  • He started out as a mere or'nary politician, but the Democratic Boss took him up and his ambitions are growing.