politician
noun[C]
uk/ˌpɒl.ɪˈtɪʃ.ən/us/ˌpɑː.ləˈtɪʃ.ən/B1
amemberof agovernmentor law-makingorganization:
从政者,政治家,政客adistinguished/disgracedpolitician著名/失势的政治家
- Shebelievedherjobas a politician was torepresenttheviewsof herpartyand thepeoplewhovotedfor her.
- Several politicians wereaccusedofdispensingfavourstopeoplewhovotedfor them.
- Themediafocuson politicians'privatelivesinevitablyswitchestheattentionaway from therealissues.
- McCarthyismisnamedafter the American politician Joseph McCarthy, who in the 1950saccusedmanyAmericansof being Communists.
- He was aneffectiveenough politician, but he had noambitiontobecomepartyleader.
Government ministers & civil servants
- aide
- am
- attorney general
- backbencher
- cabinet
- Foreign Secretary
- functionary
- government
- Home Secretary
- interministerial
- private secretary
- Privy Councillor
- procurator
- public servant
- secretary
- syndic
- town clerk
- undersecretary
- vizier
- Whitehall
Grammar
Politics,political,politicianorpolicy?
Politics means the activities of the government or people who try to influence the way a country is governed. We use a singular verb with it:…