Definition of politics in English:

politics

plural noun ˈpɒlɪtɪksˈpɑləˌtɪks

1treated as singular or plural The activities associated with the governance of a country or area, especially the debate between parties having power.
政治（指治理国家或地区的相关活动，尤指掌权或希望掌权的个人或政党间的争论或冲突）
the party quickly gained influence in French politics
thereafter he dropped out of active politics
那以后他就退出了积极的政治活动。
Example sentencesExamples
- Intrigue, sex, politics and power dominate the drama.
- During that time he became active in politics and was elected governor of California in 1966.
- He lets on that he gave up active involvement in politics but what this activity amounted to he doesn't mention.
- My background was in retail and accounting, but I'd always been active in politics and local government and the public and private sector.
- But what the Democrats can and must do is stop allowing their opponents a free hand to frame the debate about religion and politics.
- And you don't see any party in mainstream politics that's got an alternative.
- They also learned to control local politics through power and corruption.
- He took an active interest in politics and was closely associated with the Fine Gael party for which he was a major fund raiser.
- Few Australians join political parties - politics is now the preserve of despised professionals.
- We need something besides religion and politics to debate over our beers, lattes, cuppas or sports waters.
- Yes, there is a gulf between the two halves of Scottish power, business and politics.
- Power and wealth have been too closely associated with politics.
- It is the Government, it is politics, politicians, and political parties in this House, that are in grievance mode.
- Anyone who thinks that local government politics is boring has obviously never been to one of our meetings.
- The major parties have taken politics and government away from the public!
- In any war, the main victims are members of the general public who do not have any direct association with politics and power.
- It was a dangerous time to be involved in the Labor Party, as politics and religion proved again to be an explosive mixture.
- This move will give council members the opportunity to further pursue and develop their careers in politics and local government.
- There are communities around sports, partying, politics, arts, religion, and so on.
- Thinking for oneself is considered a virtue when applied to areas such as politics or religion.
Synonyms
government, local government, affairs of state, public affairs, diplomacy, party politics
1. 1.1 The activities of governments concerning the political relations between states.
  政治（指关于国家间政治关系的政府活动）
  in the conduct of global politics, economic status must be backed by military capacity
  在处理全球政治时，经济地位必须以军事力量为后盾。
  Example sentencesExamples
  What about the relation between cosmology and global politics?
  Because the Americans dominate global politics as no other time in the last, say, 20 years.
  Equally important to me is my deepening and developing interest in national and global politics.
  Global economics depends on that kind of cooperation; global politics builds on it.
  States are no longer the key actors in global politics.
  Killer 7 has an excellent, although often completely incoherent, storyline about global politics.
  The Middle East, of course, continues to be a focal point of global politics so the movie had a symbolic topicality as well.
  C'mon boys, there's too little poetry in global politics.
  Today it appears that everyone is engaged in global politics.
  The Academic Council is an organization that has the ear of the United Nations and can help bring clarity in the wake of stormy global politics.
  Only in 20 years will we be able to look back on any of these events and see their collective effect on global politics.
  I am heartened by how many protesters there are and the consequent renewed interest in global politics.
  So it's not hard to show that some of the same battles that have played out in the entertainment world will soon apply to global politics.
  Chances are good enough that I will put my foot in my mouth without hazarding down the path of global politics.
  The participants at the Cairo conference were commemorating an age when Third World solidarity changed global politics.
  He continues to proudly hold himself as a man of the left, remaining well aware of the political and financial forces at work in global politics.
  Peace will not arrive through politics or economic development alone, as crucial as these things are.
  Even when he's out smashing bottles, he's both enjoying the badness of it all and making a responsible point about global politics.
  They have no idea how to intervene politically in global politics.
  This is progress of a sort, a small victory for multilateralism and global politics by negotiation.
2. 1.2 The academic study of government and the state.
  政治学
  as modifier a politics lecturer
  政治学讲师。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She studied law and politics at Nottingham University.
  Just before flying out to Australia she sat two exams as part of the part-time politics degree she is studying for at Loughborough University.
  It was at Durham University where he was studying politics that he met his wife and the couple married on May 11, 1963.
  It is with this perspective that the editor uses cultural and social material in his study of politics in Libya.
  The multi-millionaire has kept close ties with the university where he studied politics from 1971 to 1974.
  The pathways are theology, pastoral studies, social admin, law, politics and economics.
  Military strategy includes the studies of society, politics and economics.
  And to think she nearly gave it all up to study politics in Geneva.
  One lovely young girl is going to university in the autumn to study sociology and politics so that she can make a difference to peoples lives in the future.
  The point was made another way yesterday by Martin Shaw, professor of international relations and politics at Sussex University.
  She has been offered a place to study politics and modern history at Oxford.
  He also lived in Buenos Aires before heading off to Oxford to study politics, philosophy and economics.
  He studied politics and history at Glasgow University, and went to Pennslyvania to take a post-graduate course.
  He lectured on poetry, grammar, history, politics, archaeology, mathematics and astronomy.
  The university can only provide a small range of subjects including language, history, politics, law and philosophy.
  From the study of history, we are able to develop the study of politics.
  David, a student studying politics and law, voted for the first time last Saturday.
  At 23, he is on the verge of completing a degree in history, politics and social studies.
  Era finishes her exams next month and has set her heart on going to Oxford University to study philosophy, politics and economics.
  Tracy is a politics and international studies student at Murdoch University.
  Synonyms
  political science, civics, statecraft, statesmanship
  rare polity
3. 1.3 A particular set of political beliefs or principles.
  政治信条，政治原则
  people do not buy their paper purely for its politics
  人们购买他们的报纸不纯粹是因为其政治信条。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The authors, however, are hostile to anything that smacks of principled working class politics.
  In essence, this means learning the subtle differences between policies and politics.
  I regret that those friendships were forged on bonds made not of trust and care, but of politics and beliefs.
  As much as politics are a common ground, so is grief, and the two of them had that in common as well.
  German treatments of aesthetics and politics clustered around Benjamin and Adorno.
  If we do not change our policies and politics, it will be devastating to all of us worldwide.
  Synonyms
  political views/beliefs/leanings/sympathies, party politics, political alliance
4. 1.4often the politics of The principles relating to or inherent in a sphere or activity, especially when concerned with power and status.
  （尤指跟社会权力和地位有关的领域、理论或活动的）主张，观（念），原则
  the politics of gender
  性别观。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Most young women respond to the politics of women's studies by staying away in droves.
  It would be ideal to keep communal forces out of politics and power, he added.
  It would stretch credibility to see this as a comment on sexual power or the politics of penetration.
  Although steam and not radiation was to blame, the accident illustrates the contradictions of the politics of nuclear power.
  Synonyms
  power struggle, manipulation, machination(s), manoeuvring, jockeying for position, wheeler-dealing, machiavellianism, opportunism, realpolitik
2Activities aimed at improving someone's status or increasing power within an organization.
yet another discussion of office politics and personalities
我不想卷入另一场办公室权谋和人身攻击的讨论之中。
Example sentencesExamples
- Take Silver Owl's advice and never get involved in politics of any kind, by which she really means office politics and ideologies.
- Horse race politics dominates the political gabfests, with corporate power shunted to the sidelines.
- But his good work was nipped due to power hungry petty politics in sport, which is the bane in most sport bodies, here.
- It is thus more about politics than policy, and doctors are unlikely to consider this end of term report worthy of top marks.
- He said gossip and canny office politics were far more common activities for men than most people realise.
- As usual, the old dowager's preoccupation with color and markings had more to do with politics than aesthetics.
- I mean a machine that will be able to read Shakespeare, grease a car, play office politics, tell a joke, have a fight.
- Maybe the rejection by malls and movie theaters is based on aesthetics rather than politics.
- Furthermore, Madam Clarkson should be commended for keeping the office above politics.
- She wears business suits and plays office politics better than the fellas.
- Maybe it's just luck, but those office politics that you hear so much about are nonexistent.
- And then there's the considerable amount of office politics associated with the beverage behemoth.

Phrases

play politics

Act for political or personal gain rather than from principle.
玩弄政治手腕，玩弄权术
he railed against them for playing politics with the police department
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘They ought to get on with running the council rather than playing politics with what is happening in the Lib Dem group,’ he said.
- As usual, the Opposition is prepared only to play politics, rather than support the solution the community wants.
- So I don't know if he's just playing politics as other people have claimed.
- They would rather earn wages than play politics with pointless strikes.
- Union activists insist that such ministers are simply playing politics with people's lives, but government insiders are preparing to dig in.
- But then, that would require the First Minister to show some enterprise rather than just play politics.
- Let's try to understand, it is very hard for political people like yourself or like me not to play politics with an issue.
- Through this period, any of the political parties could have played politics with immigration policies.
- Is the premier naive enough to think that American state governments are going to ignore the needs of their people while he plays politics?
- A number of innocent lives have already been lost because of this cowardly and dastardly act, yet some people continue to play politics.

Definition of politics in US English:

politics

plural nounˈpɑləˌtɪksˈpäləˌtiks

1treated as singular or plural The activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power.
政治（指治理国家或地区的相关活动，尤指掌权或希望掌权的个人或政党间的争论或冲突）
the president's relationship with Congress is vital to American politics
thereafter he dropped out of active politics
那以后他就退出了积极的政治活动。
Example sentencesExamples
- Yes, there is a gulf between the two halves of Scottish power, business and politics.
- He took an active interest in politics and was closely associated with the Fine Gael party for which he was a major fund raiser.
- Anyone who thinks that local government politics is boring has obviously never been to one of our meetings.
- There are communities around sports, partying, politics, arts, religion, and so on.
- It was a dangerous time to be involved in the Labor Party, as politics and religion proved again to be an explosive mixture.
- He lets on that he gave up active involvement in politics but what this activity amounted to he doesn't mention.
- Thinking for oneself is considered a virtue when applied to areas such as politics or religion.
- Few Australians join political parties - politics is now the preserve of despised professionals.
- Intrigue, sex, politics and power dominate the drama.
- During that time he became active in politics and was elected governor of California in 1966.
- Power and wealth have been too closely associated with politics.
- This move will give council members the opportunity to further pursue and develop their careers in politics and local government.
- My background was in retail and accounting, but I'd always been active in politics and local government and the public and private sector.
- We need something besides religion and politics to debate over our beers, lattes, cuppas or sports waters.
- It is the Government, it is politics, politicians, and political parties in this House, that are in grievance mode.
- The major parties have taken politics and government away from the public!
- And you don't see any party in mainstream politics that's got an alternative.
- They also learned to control local politics through power and corruption.
- But what the Democrats can and must do is stop allowing their opponents a free hand to frame the debate about religion and politics.
- In any war, the main victims are members of the general public who do not have any direct association with politics and power.
Synonyms
government, local government, affairs of state, public affairs, diplomacy, party politics
1. 1.1 The activities of governments concerning the political relations between countries.
  政治（指关于国家间政治关系的政府活动）
  in the conduct of global politics, economic status must be backed by military capacity
  在处理全球政治时，经济地位必须以军事力量为后盾。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I am heartened by how many protesters there are and the consequent renewed interest in global politics.
  So it's not hard to show that some of the same battles that have played out in the entertainment world will soon apply to global politics.
  The Middle East, of course, continues to be a focal point of global politics so the movie had a symbolic topicality as well.
  He continues to proudly hold himself as a man of the left, remaining well aware of the political and financial forces at work in global politics.
  They have no idea how to intervene politically in global politics.
  Killer 7 has an excellent, although often completely incoherent, storyline about global politics.
  Only in 20 years will we be able to look back on any of these events and see their collective effect on global politics.
  Equally important to me is my deepening and developing interest in national and global politics.
  Even when he's out smashing bottles, he's both enjoying the badness of it all and making a responsible point about global politics.
  This is progress of a sort, a small victory for multilateralism and global politics by negotiation.
  Peace will not arrive through politics or economic development alone, as crucial as these things are.
  The participants at the Cairo conference were commemorating an age when Third World solidarity changed global politics.
  States are no longer the key actors in global politics.
  Chances are good enough that I will put my foot in my mouth without hazarding down the path of global politics.
  The Academic Council is an organization that has the ear of the United Nations and can help bring clarity in the wake of stormy global politics.
  C'mon boys, there's too little poetry in global politics.
  Today it appears that everyone is engaged in global politics.
  What about the relation between cosmology and global politics?
  Global economics depends on that kind of cooperation; global politics builds on it.
  Because the Americans dominate global politics as no other time in the last, say, 20 years.
2. 1.2 The academic study of government and the state.
  政治学
  as modifier a politics lecturer
  政治学讲师。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Era finishes her exams next month and has set her heart on going to Oxford University to study philosophy, politics and economics.
  He lectured on poetry, grammar, history, politics, archaeology, mathematics and astronomy.
  Just before flying out to Australia she sat two exams as part of the part-time politics degree she is studying for at Loughborough University.
  And to think she nearly gave it all up to study politics in Geneva.
  The pathways are theology, pastoral studies, social admin, law, politics and economics.
  She has been offered a place to study politics and modern history at Oxford.
  He also lived in Buenos Aires before heading off to Oxford to study politics, philosophy and economics.
  It was at Durham University where he was studying politics that he met his wife and the couple married on May 11, 1963.
  The point was made another way yesterday by Martin Shaw, professor of international relations and politics at Sussex University.
  David, a student studying politics and law, voted for the first time last Saturday.
  The multi-millionaire has kept close ties with the university where he studied politics from 1971 to 1974.
  One lovely young girl is going to university in the autumn to study sociology and politics so that she can make a difference to peoples lives in the future.
  Military strategy includes the studies of society, politics and economics.
  At 23, he is on the verge of completing a degree in history, politics and social studies.
  The university can only provide a small range of subjects including language, history, politics, law and philosophy.
  She studied law and politics at Nottingham University.
  From the study of history, we are able to develop the study of politics.
  It is with this perspective that the editor uses cultural and social material in his study of politics in Libya.
  Tracy is a politics and international studies student at Murdoch University.
  He studied politics and history at Glasgow University, and went to Pennslyvania to take a post-graduate course.
  Synonyms
  political science, civics, statecraft, statesmanship
3. 1.3 Activities within an organization that are aimed at improving someone's status or position and are typically considered to be devious or divisive.
  手腕，权谋，策略
  yet another discussion of office politics and personalities
  我不想卷入另一场办公室权谋和人身攻击的讨论之中。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Maybe it's just luck, but those office politics that you hear so much about are nonexistent.
  She wears business suits and plays office politics better than the fellas.
  But his good work was nipped due to power hungry petty politics in sport, which is the bane in most sport bodies, here.
  It is thus more about politics than policy, and doctors are unlikely to consider this end of term report worthy of top marks.
  And then there's the considerable amount of office politics associated with the beverage behemoth.
  I mean a machine that will be able to read Shakespeare, grease a car, play office politics, tell a joke, have a fight.
  He said gossip and canny office politics were far more common activities for men than most people realise.
  Furthermore, Madam Clarkson should be commended for keeping the office above politics.
  Maybe the rejection by malls and movie theaters is based on aesthetics rather than politics.
  Take Silver Owl's advice and never get involved in politics of any kind, by which she really means office politics and ideologies.
  Horse race politics dominates the political gabfests, with corporate power shunted to the sidelines.
  As usual, the old dowager's preoccupation with color and markings had more to do with politics than aesthetics.
4. 1.4 A particular set of political beliefs or principles.
  政治信条，政治原则
  people do not buy this newspaper purely for its politics
  人们购买他们的报纸不纯粹是因为其政治信条。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The authors, however, are hostile to anything that smacks of principled working class politics.
  As much as politics are a common ground, so is grief, and the two of them had that in common as well.
  German treatments of aesthetics and politics clustered around Benjamin and Adorno.
  I regret that those friendships were forged on bonds made not of trust and care, but of politics and beliefs.
  If we do not change our policies and politics, it will be devastating to all of us worldwide.
  In essence, this means learning the subtle differences between policies and politics.
  Synonyms
  political beliefs, political leanings, political sympathies, political views, party politics, political alliance
5. 1.5often the politics of The assumptions or principles relating to or inherent in a sphere, theory, or thing, especially when concerned with power and status in a society.
  （尤指跟社会权力和地位有关的领域、理论或活动的）主张，观（念），原则
  the politics of gender
  性别观。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Most young women respond to the politics of women's studies by staying away in droves.
  Although steam and not radiation was to blame, the accident illustrates the contradictions of the politics of nuclear power.
  It would stretch credibility to see this as a comment on sexual power or the politics of penetration.
  It would be ideal to keep communal forces out of politics and power, he added.
  Synonyms
  power struggle, manipulation, machination, machinations, manoeuvring, jockeying for position, wheeler-dealing, machiavellianism, opportunism, realpolitik

Phrases

play politics

Act for political or personal gain rather than from principle.
玩弄政治手腕，玩弄权术
Example sentencesExamples
- They would rather earn wages than play politics with pointless strikes.
- Let's try to understand, it is very hard for political people like yourself or like me not to play politics with an issue.
- Union activists insist that such ministers are simply playing politics with people's lives, but government insiders are preparing to dig in.
- Through this period, any of the political parties could have played politics with immigration policies.
- A number of innocent lives have already been lost because of this cowardly and dastardly act, yet some people continue to play politics.
- Is the premier naive enough to think that American state governments are going to ignore the needs of their people while he plays politics?
- As usual, the Opposition is prepared only to play politics, rather than support the solution the community wants.
- So I don't know if he's just playing politics as other people have claimed.
- But then, that would require the First Minister to show some enterprise rather than just play politics.
- ‘They ought to get on with running the council rather than playing politics with what is happening in the Lib Dem group,’ he said.

单词	politics
释义	Definition of politics in English: politics plural noun ˈpɒlɪtɪksˈpɑləˌtɪks 1treated as singular or plural The activities associated with the governance of a country or area, especially the debate between parties having power. 政治（指治理国家或地区的相关活动，尤指掌权或希望掌权的个人或政党间的争论或冲突） the party quickly gained influence in French politics thereafter he dropped out of active politics 那以后他就退出了积极的政治活动。 Example sentencesExamples Intrigue, sex, politics and power dominate the drama. During that time he became active in politics and was elected governor of California in 1966. He lets on that he gave up active involvement in politics but what this activity amounted to he doesn't mention. My background was in retail and accounting, but I'd always been active in politics and local government and the public and private sector. But what the Democrats can and must do is stop allowing their opponents a free hand to frame the debate about religion and politics. And you don't see any party in mainstream politics that's got an alternative. They also learned to control local politics through power and corruption. He took an active interest in politics and was closely associated with the Fine Gael party for which he was a major fund raiser. Few Australians join political parties - politics is now the preserve of despised professionals. We need something besides religion and politics to debate over our beers, lattes, cuppas or sports waters. Yes, there is a gulf between the two halves of Scottish power, business and politics. Power and wealth have been too closely associated with politics. It is the Government, it is politics, politicians, and political parties in this House, that are in grievance mode. Anyone who thinks that local government politics is boring has obviously never been to one of our meetings. The major parties have taken politics and government away from the public! In any war, the main victims are members of the general public who do not have any direct association with politics and power. It was a dangerous time to be involved in the Labor Party, as politics and religion proved again to be an explosive mixture. This move will give council members the opportunity to further pursue and develop their careers in politics and local government. There are communities around sports, partying, politics, arts, religion, and so on. Thinking for oneself is considered a virtue when applied to areas such as politics or religion. Synonyms government, local government, affairs of state, public affairs, diplomacy, party politics 1.1 The activities of governments concerning the political relations between states. 政治（指关于国家间政治关系的政府活动） in the conduct of global politics, economic status must be backed by military capacity 在处理全球政治时，经济地位必须以军事力量为后盾。 Example sentencesExamples What about the relation between cosmology and global politics? Because the Americans dominate global politics as no other time in the last, say, 20 years. Equally important to me is my deepening and developing interest in national and global politics. Global economics depends on that kind of cooperation; global politics builds on it. States are no longer the key actors in global politics. Killer 7 has an excellent, although often completely incoherent, storyline about global politics. The Middle East, of course, continues to be a focal point of global politics so the movie had a symbolic topicality as well. C'mon boys, there's too little poetry in global politics. Today it appears that everyone is engaged in global politics. The Academic Council is an organization that has the ear of the United Nations and can help bring clarity in the wake of stormy global politics. Only in 20 years will we be able to look back on any of these events and see their collective effect on global politics. I am heartened by how many protesters there are and the consequent renewed interest in global politics. So it's not hard to show that some of the same battles that have played out in the entertainment world will soon apply to global politics. Chances are good enough that I will put my foot in my mouth without hazarding down the path of global politics. The participants at the Cairo conference were commemorating an age when Third World solidarity changed global politics. He continues to proudly hold himself as a man of the left, remaining well aware of the political and financial forces at work in global politics. Peace will not arrive through politics or economic development alone, as crucial as these things are. Even when he's out smashing bottles, he's both enjoying the badness of it all and making a responsible point about global politics. They have no idea how to intervene politically in global politics. This is progress of a sort, a small victory for multilateralism and global politics by negotiation. 1.2 The academic study of government and the state. 政治学 as modifier a politics lecturer 政治学讲师。 Example sentencesExamples She studied law and politics at Nottingham University. Just before flying out to Australia she sat two exams as part of the part-time politics degree she is studying for at Loughborough University. It was at Durham University where he was studying politics that he met his wife and the couple married on May 11, 1963. It is with this perspective that the editor uses cultural and social material in his study of politics in Libya. The multi-millionaire has kept close ties with the university where he studied politics from 1971 to 1974. The pathways are theology, pastoral studies, social admin, law, politics and economics. Military strategy includes the studies of society, politics and economics. And to think she nearly gave it all up to study politics in Geneva. One lovely young girl is going to university in the autumn to study sociology and politics so that she can make a difference to peoples lives in the future. The point was made another way yesterday by Martin Shaw, professor of international relations and politics at Sussex University. She has been offered a place to study politics and modern history at Oxford. He also lived in Buenos Aires before heading off to Oxford to study politics, philosophy and economics. He studied politics and history at Glasgow University, and went to Pennslyvania to take a post-graduate course. He lectured on poetry, grammar, history, politics, archaeology, mathematics and astronomy. The university can only provide a small range of subjects including language, history, politics, law and philosophy. From the study of history, we are able to develop the study of politics. David, a student studying politics and law, voted for the first time last Saturday. At 23, he is on the verge of completing a degree in history, politics and social studies. Era finishes her exams next month and has set her heart on going to Oxford University to study philosophy, politics and economics. Tracy is a politics and international studies student at Murdoch University. Synonyms political science, civics, statecraft, statesmanship rare polity 1.3 A particular set of political beliefs or principles. 政治信条，政治原则 people do not buy their paper purely for its politics 人们购买他们的报纸不纯粹是因为其政治信条。 Example sentencesExamples The authors, however, are hostile to anything that smacks of principled working class politics. In essence, this means learning the subtle differences between policies and politics. I regret that those friendships were forged on bonds made not of trust and care, but of politics and beliefs. As much as politics are a common ground, so is grief, and the two of them had that in common as well. German treatments of aesthetics and politics clustered around Benjamin and Adorno. If we do not change our policies and politics, it will be devastating to all of us worldwide. Synonyms political views/beliefs/leanings/sympathies, party politics, political alliance 1.4often the politics of The principles relating to or inherent in a sphere or activity, especially when concerned with power and status. （尤指跟社会权力和地位有关的领域、理论或活动的）主张，观（念），原则 the politics of gender 性别观。 Example sentencesExamples Most young women respond to the politics of women's studies by staying away in droves. It would be ideal to keep communal forces out of politics and power, he added. It would stretch credibility to see this as a comment on sexual power or the politics of penetration. Although steam and not radiation was to blame, the accident illustrates the contradictions of the politics of nuclear power. Synonyms power struggle, manipulation, machination(s), manoeuvring, jockeying for position, wheeler-dealing, machiavellianism, opportunism, realpolitik 2Activities aimed at improving someone's status or increasing power within an organization. yet another discussion of office politics and personalities 我不想卷入另一场办公室权谋和人身攻击的讨论之中。 Example sentencesExamples Take Silver Owl's advice and never get involved in politics of any kind, by which she really means office politics and ideologies. Horse race politics dominates the political gabfests, with corporate power shunted to the sidelines. But his good work was nipped due to power hungry petty politics in sport, which is the bane in most sport bodies, here. It is thus more about politics than policy, and doctors are unlikely to consider this end of term report worthy of top marks. He said gossip and canny office politics were far more common activities for men than most people realise. As usual, the old dowager's preoccupation with color and markings had more to do with politics than aesthetics. I mean a machine that will be able to read Shakespeare, grease a car, play office politics, tell a joke, have a fight. Maybe the rejection by malls and movie theaters is based on aesthetics rather than politics. Furthermore, Madam Clarkson should be commended for keeping the office above politics. She wears business suits and plays office politics better than the fellas. Maybe it's just luck, but those office politics that you hear so much about are nonexistent. And then there's the considerable amount of office politics associated with the beverage behemoth. Phrases play politics Act for political or personal gain rather than from principle. 玩弄政治手腕，玩弄权术 he railed against them for playing politics with the police department Example sentencesExamples ‘They ought to get on with running the council rather than playing politics with what is happening in the Lib Dem group,’ he said. As usual, the Opposition is prepared only to play politics, rather than support the solution the community wants. So I don't know if he's just playing politics as other people have claimed. They would rather earn wages than play politics with pointless strikes. Union activists insist that such ministers are simply playing politics with people's lives, but government insiders are preparing to dig in. But then, that would require the First Minister to show some enterprise rather than just play politics. Let's try to understand, it is very hard for political people like yourself or like me not to play politics with an issue. Through this period, any of the political parties could have played politics with immigration policies. Is the premier naive enough to think that American state governments are going to ignore the needs of their people while he plays politics? A number of innocent lives have already been lost because of this cowardly and dastardly act, yet some people continue to play politics. noun..1 phr. Definition of politics in US English: politics plural nounˈpɑləˌtɪksˈpäləˌtiks 1treated as singular or plural The activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power. 政治（指治理国家或地区的相关活动，尤指掌权或希望掌权的个人或政党间的争论或冲突） the president's relationship with Congress is vital to American politics thereafter he dropped out of active politics 那以后他就退出了积极的政治活动。 Example sentencesExamples Yes, there is a gulf between the two halves of Scottish power, business and politics. He took an active interest in politics and was closely associated with the Fine Gael party for which he was a major fund raiser. Anyone who thinks that local government politics is boring has obviously never been to one of our meetings. There are communities around sports, partying, politics, arts, religion, and so on. It was a dangerous time to be involved in the Labor Party, as politics and religion proved again to be an explosive mixture. He lets on that he gave up active involvement in politics but what this activity amounted to he doesn't mention. Thinking for oneself is considered a virtue when applied to areas such as politics or religion. Few Australians join political parties - politics is now the preserve of despised professionals. Intrigue, sex, politics and power dominate the drama. During that time he became active in politics and was elected governor of California in 1966. Power and wealth have been too closely associated with politics. This move will give council members the opportunity to further pursue and develop their careers in politics and local government. My background was in retail and accounting, but I'd always been active in politics and local government and the public and private sector. We need something besides religion and politics to debate over our beers, lattes, cuppas or sports waters. It is the Government, it is politics, politicians, and political parties in this House, that are in grievance mode. The major parties have taken politics and government away from the public! And you don't see any party in mainstream politics that's got an alternative. They also learned to control local politics through power and corruption. But what the Democrats can and must do is stop allowing their opponents a free hand to frame the debate about religion and politics. In any war, the main victims are members of the general public who do not have any direct association with politics and power. Synonyms government, local government, affairs of state, public affairs, diplomacy, party politics 1.1 The activities of governments concerning the political relations between countries. 政治（指关于国家间政治关系的政府活动） in the conduct of global politics, economic status must be backed by military capacity 在处理全球政治时，经济地位必须以军事力量为后盾。 Example sentencesExamples I am heartened by how many protesters there are and the consequent renewed interest in global politics. So it's not hard to show that some of the same battles that have played out in the entertainment world will soon apply to global politics. The Middle East, of course, continues to be a focal point of global politics so the movie had a symbolic topicality as well. He continues to proudly hold himself as a man of the left, remaining well aware of the political and financial forces at work in global politics. They have no idea how to intervene politically in global politics. Killer 7 has an excellent, although often completely incoherent, storyline about global politics. Only in 20 years will we be able to look back on any of these events and see their collective effect on global politics. Equally important to me is my deepening and developing interest in national and global politics. Even when he's out smashing bottles, he's both enjoying the badness of it all and making a responsible point about global politics. This is progress of a sort, a small victory for multilateralism and global politics by negotiation. Peace will not arrive through politics or economic development alone, as crucial as these things are. The participants at the Cairo conference were commemorating an age when Third World solidarity changed global politics. States are no longer the key actors in global politics. Chances are good enough that I will put my foot in my mouth without hazarding down the path of global politics. The Academic Council is an organization that has the ear of the United Nations and can help bring clarity in the wake of stormy global politics. C'mon boys, there's too little poetry in global politics. Today it appears that everyone is engaged in global politics. What about the relation between cosmology and global politics? Global economics depends on that kind of cooperation; global politics builds on it. Because the Americans dominate global politics as no other time in the last, say, 20 years. 1.2 The academic study of government and the state. 政治学 as modifier a politics lecturer 政治学讲师。 Example sentencesExamples Era finishes her exams next month and has set her heart on going to Oxford University to study philosophy, politics and economics. He lectured on poetry, grammar, history, politics, archaeology, mathematics and astronomy. Just before flying out to Australia she sat two exams as part of the part-time politics degree she is studying for at Loughborough University. And to think she nearly gave it all up to study politics in Geneva. The pathways are theology, pastoral studies, social admin, law, politics and economics. She has been offered a place to study politics and modern history at Oxford. He also lived in Buenos Aires before heading off to Oxford to study politics, philosophy and economics. It was at Durham University where he was studying politics that he met his wife and the couple married on May 11, 1963. The point was made another way yesterday by Martin Shaw, professor of international relations and politics at Sussex University. David, a student studying politics and law, voted for the first time last Saturday. The multi-millionaire has kept close ties with the university where he studied politics from 1971 to 1974. One lovely young girl is going to university in the autumn to study sociology and politics so that she can make a difference to peoples lives in the future. Military strategy includes the studies of society, politics and economics. At 23, he is on the verge of completing a degree in history, politics and social studies. The university can only provide a small range of subjects including language, history, politics, law and philosophy. She studied law and politics at Nottingham University. From the study of history, we are able to develop the study of politics. It is with this perspective that the editor uses cultural and social material in his study of politics in Libya. Tracy is a politics and international studies student at Murdoch University. He studied politics and history at Glasgow University, and went to Pennslyvania to take a post-graduate course. Synonyms political science, civics, statecraft, statesmanship 1.3 Activities within an organization that are aimed at improving someone's status or position and are typically considered to be devious or divisive. 手腕，权谋，策略 yet another discussion of office politics and personalities 我不想卷入另一场办公室权谋和人身攻击的讨论之中。 Example sentencesExamples Maybe it's just luck, but those office politics that you hear so much about are nonexistent. She wears business suits and plays office politics better than the fellas. But his good work was nipped due to power hungry petty politics in sport, which is the bane in most sport bodies, here. It is thus more about politics than policy, and doctors are unlikely to consider this end of term report worthy of top marks. And then there's the considerable amount of office politics associated with the beverage behemoth. I mean a machine that will be able to read Shakespeare, grease a car, play office politics, tell a joke, have a fight. He said gossip and canny office politics were far more common activities for men than most people realise. Furthermore, Madam Clarkson should be commended for keeping the office above politics. Maybe the rejection by malls and movie theaters is based on aesthetics rather than politics. Take Silver Owl's advice and never get involved in politics of any kind, by which she really means office politics and ideologies. Horse race politics dominates the political gabfests, with corporate power shunted to the sidelines. As usual, the old dowager's preoccupation with color and markings had more to do with politics than aesthetics. 1.4 A particular set of political beliefs or principles. 政治信条，政治原则 people do not buy this newspaper purely for its politics 人们购买他们的报纸不纯粹是因为其政治信条。 Example sentencesExamples The authors, however, are hostile to anything that smacks of principled working class politics. As much as politics are a common ground, so is grief, and the two of them had that in common as well. German treatments of aesthetics and politics clustered around Benjamin and Adorno. I regret that those friendships were forged on bonds made not of trust and care, but of politics and beliefs. If we do not change our policies and politics, it will be devastating to all of us worldwide. In essence, this means learning the subtle differences between policies and politics. Synonyms political beliefs, political leanings, political sympathies, political views, party politics, political alliance 1.5often the politics of The assumptions or principles relating to or inherent in a sphere, theory, or thing, especially when concerned with power and status in a society. （尤指跟社会权力和地位有关的领域、理论或活动的）主张，观（念），原则 the politics of gender 性别观。 Example sentencesExamples Most young women respond to the politics of women's studies by staying away in droves. Although steam and not radiation was to blame, the accident illustrates the contradictions of the politics of nuclear power. It would stretch credibility to see this as a comment on sexual power or the politics of penetration. It would be ideal to keep communal forces out of politics and power, he added. Synonyms power struggle, manipulation, machination, machinations, manoeuvring, jockeying for position, wheeler-dealing, machiavellianism, opportunism, realpolitik Phrases play politics Act for political or personal gain rather than from principle. 玩弄政治手腕，玩弄权术 Example sentencesExamples They would rather earn wages than play politics with pointless strikes. Let's try to understand, it is very hard for political people like yourself or like me not to play politics with an issue. Union activists insist that such ministers are simply playing politics with people's lives, but government insiders are preparing to dig in. Through this period, any of the political parties could have played politics with immigration policies. A number of innocent lives have already been lost because of this cowardly and dastardly act, yet some people continue to play politics. Is the premier naive enough to think that American state governments are going to ignore the needs of their people while he plays politics? As usual, the Opposition is prepared only to play politics, rather than support the solution the community wants. So I don't know if he's just playing politics as other people have claimed. But then, that would require the First Minister to show some enterprise rather than just play politics. ‘They ought to get on with running the council rather than playing politics with what is happening in the Lib Dem group,’ he said. noun..1 phr.
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