politician

英 [ˌpɒlə'tɪʃn] 美 [ˌpɑːlə'tɪʃn]

• n. 政治家；政客

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]政治家

   a person whose business is politics

2. [C]政客,玩弄权术者

   sb who is skilled at dealing with people in a way that is advantageous to himself

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 政客
2. 政治家
3. 政治学家
4. <贬>专搞党派政治的人
5. 通晓政治的人
6. 政治贩
7. 投机钻营者
8. 从事政治者
9. 从政者
10. 见风驶舵者
11. 政治人物
12. 玩弄权术者
13. 通晓政事者

英英释义

Noun:

1. a leader engaged in civil administration

2. a person active in party politics

3. a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. A politician should be a servant of the people.
   政治家应是人民的公仆。
2. That famous politician was murdered last year.
   那位著名的政治家去年被谋杀了。
3. A politician needs the common touch.
   政治家需要有平易近人的美德。
4. The politician gave an equivocal answer.
   那政客的答复模棱两可。
5. The politician cops out on the issue of free trade.
   那政客对自由贸易的问题只是一味逃避。
6. Mr. Brown is a highly visible politician.
   布朗先生是一位经常公开露面的政客。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The mayor is a skilled politician.
   市长是一位老练的政治家。

经典引文

• The 'middle-of-the-road' is the sacred path followed by compromising politicians.

  出自：American Speech

• Few Westminster politicians believe Mr. Taverne could win.

  出自：Times

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• corrupt a politician 贿赂政客
• trust a politician 信任政治家

形容词+～

• glib politician 能言善辩的政治家
• minor politician 小政客
• skilled politician 老练的政治家
• amateur politician 业余从政者
• honest politician 诚实的政治家

词义辨析

n. (名词)

politician, statesman

• 这两个词都可指从事政治活动或精于政治事务的人。politician特别强调能够与人民相处、为国家服务的人,在美式英语中, politician常带轻蔑之意,指毫无原则和理想、只考虑个人或自己政党利益的人,常含有贬义; statesman为褒义词,指有超人的判断力、精明能干、善于治国安邦的人。

politician，statesman

• 这两个名词均可表示“政治家”之意。
• politician指有才能的职业政治家或政坛人物。在美国英语中，多含贬义，特指玩弄阴谋、勾心斗角以谋以私利的政客、政治骗子。
• statesman与politician相反，常用于褒义，指有远见，为国为民的正派的政治家，既着重才能，又侧重身居要职。

近反义词

【近义词】

• statesman