politics
/ˈpɒlɪtɪks/plural noun
usu. treated as sing.
1- the activities associated with the governance of a country or area, especially the debate or conflict between 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 Communist Party was a major force in French politics
共产党曾是法国政治中的一支重要力量
thereafter he dropped out of active politics.
那以后他就退出了积极的政治活动。
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。
1.2
- the academic study of government and the state政治学：
as modifier a politics lecturer.政治学讲师。
1.3
- activities within an organization which are aimed at improving someone's status or position and are typically considered to be devious or divisive手腕, 权谋, 策略：
I didn't want to become embroiled in 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。
1.4
- 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。
1.5
- （常作the politics of）the assumptions or principles relating to or inherent in a sphere, theory, or activity, 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。
短语
play politics
- act for political or personal gain rather than from principle玩弄政治手腕, 玩弄权术。