| 词组 | politician |
| 释义 | politician /ˌpɒləˈtɪʃən, ˌpɒlɪˈtɪʃən $ ˌpɑː-/ noun someone who works in politics, especially an elected member of the governmentadjectives/nouns + politiciana senior politician A number of senior politicians opposed the government’s policy.a leading/prominent politician (=important and well known) The scandal ruined the careers of several leading politicians.a Labour/Republican etc politician Her mother was a Labour politician.a left-wing/right-wing politician He had been under attack from right-wing politicians for some time.a local politician The plan is strongly supported by local politicians.an opposition politician (=belonging to the party that is not in power) Opposition politicians argued that there was not enough reason to go to war.an elected politician Are the country’s elected politicians trustworthy?a corrupt politician (=not honest) Industry bosses had made quiet deals with corrupt politicians.a popular politician He is the most popular politician in the country.an astute/shrewd politician (=clever and good at achieving the result that he or she wants) He was a very astute politician and he knew how to deal with the media.a career politician (=one who is determined to be successful in politics and has no interest in anything else) His opponents criticize him as a career politician with little regard for ordinary people.THESAURUS: politician statesman/stateswoman a political or government leader, especially one who is well-respected: He is now a respected elder statesman. | great statesmen like Roosevelt and Churchill | He would later describe the king as ‘one of the most brilliant statesmen I have ever been privileged to meet’. | Angela Merkel proved herself to be a stateswoman to be reckoned with. MP/Member of Parliament in Britain, someone who has been elected to Parliament to represent people from a particular area of the country: He was the Member of Parliament for Rochdale. | Lynne Featherstone is our local MP. congressman a man who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives: He is a well-known Republican congressman. congresswoman a woman who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives: Mrs McKinney was the state’s first black congresswoman. senator a member of the senate, especially in the US: Senator Clinton representative in the US, a member of the House of Representatives: The Democratic representatives opposed the plan. mayor someone who has been elected to lead the government of a town or city: Boris Johnson was elected Mayor of London. | the former New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani spin doctor someone who is used by a political party to influence people’s opinions by cleverly controlling what is reported in the news: The party spin doctors would like us to believe that the government is committed to improving the environment. |
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