| 单词 | political |
| 释义 | politicalWord family noun politician politics politicization politicking politico politicasterpolitickerpolitiquepolitical correctnesspolitical economypolitical prisonerpolitical scienceadjective political politicized apolitical politic verb politicize politickadverb politically politicly Politics po·lit·i·cal /pəˈlɪtɪkəl/ ●●● S2 W1 adjectiveadj 1 POLITICSrelating to the government, politics, and public affairs of a country 政府的；政治（上）的；政权的；有关行政的 → politically Education is now a major political issue. 教育目前是个主要的政治议题。 a time of political and social change 政治与社会变革的时期 political party/system/institutions The U.S. has two main political parties. 美国有两大政党。 The UN is seeking a political solution rather than a military one. 联合国正在寻求政治上而非军事上的解决方法。 political jokes 政治笑话 the workers’ struggle for political power 工人争取政治权力的斗争 2 SCCrelating to the ways that different people have power within a group, organization etc 争权夺利的 a purely political decision 纯粹从权位利益上考虑的决定 The appointment was given to Wellington, mainly for political reasons. 任命威灵顿主要是出于权力关系上的考虑。 3 PPPOLITICS[not before noun] interested in or active in politics 对政治感兴趣的，政治上活跃的 Most students aren’t very political. 大多数学生对政治都不怎么感兴趣。 4 political football PROBLEMa difficult problem which opposing politicians argue about or which each side deals with in a way that will bring them advantage 政治足球〔指对立的政客争论的难题或双方都以有利于自己的方式来处理的问题〕 Funding of the health service has become a political football. 公共医疗保健服务的资金问题已成了被踢来踢去的政治足球。 Examples from the Corpus political football• Airline safety has become a political football.• But can the game afford to hold its showpiece in an unstable country where sport is a political football?• I urge him to stop any move to allow the barrage project to continue to be used as a party political football.• In recent years funding and management of the health service has become something of a political football.• The Treasury felt strongly that changes in taxation for purposes of stabilising employment would immediately become a political football.• The use of education as a political football has entered the language as a cliché.• Abortion is becoming a political football misrepresented by the right to raise money and advance political agendas. n COLLOCATIONS nouns a political party I am not a member of any political party. a political system Our political system should give ordinary citizens more power. a political leader a strong political leader political power The poor have little political power. political rights Every individual should have equal political rights. somebody's political career He is facing the biggest decision of his political career. political life At that time women were excluded from the political life of the country. a political issue Health care has become a major political issue. a political solution They are eager for a political solution after years of war. Examples from the Corpus political• political activists• Harris has his own political agenda in the company.• Walesa had secured the backing of virtually all of the country's political and social organizations, including the Catholic Church.• McEnroe loves the atmosphere at Westminster - he's a real political animal.• She began her political career as a city councillor.• The people are demanding political change.• Nixon had many political enemies.• But those proposed amendments are merely the ones that generate the most political heat.• political jokes and satire• Critics say the process was subjective and open to political manipulation.• There are two main political parties in the US.• The U.S. has two main political parties.• Mike's never been a political person.• Description of social conditions was a preliminary to political reform.• The proposal for the Assembly came originally from Chaianan Samudavanij, a well known political scientist.• You don't have to be madly blunt in a political sense.• The U.N. is seeking a political solution rather than a military one.• But the political solutions which he advocated in the 1930s were not so.• He asked me to explain the British political system.• More recently there has been a steep decline in the support for political union. political party/system/institutions• First, such classification can provide us with useful descriptive information about political systems.• Locke also suggests that a man's presence in a particular state implies tacit consent to its political system.• The new senator must come from the same political party as the old one.• In a few cases, the continued support for a political party can be explained by reference to an historical connection.• Organizations are political systems; eliminate politics and you eliminate the organization.• There are few, if any, political systems that are perfect examples of democracy or its opposites.• The Congress was dismantled, elections and political parties were outlawed. From Longman Business Dictionary politicalpol·it·i·cal /pəˈlɪtɪkəl/ adjectiveadj relating to the politics and government of a country, city etc The US has two main political parties. the workers’ struggle for political power (1500-1600) Latin politicus; → POLITIC |
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