| 单词 | power broker |
| 释义 | power broker noun[C] uk/ˈpaʊə ˌbrəʊ.kər/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ ˌbroʊ.kɚ/someone who has abiginfluenceondecisionsabout who should havepoliticalpower 政治掮客，权力掮客Powerful people & dictators
Examplesofpower brokerpower broker Power arrangements may involve the state as apowerbrokeror major actor. From theCambridge English Corpus He was the nation'spowerbrokerand in his time the richest person in the kingdom. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Further, the nation-state's power has diminished shrinking politicians to minoritypowerbrokerstatus. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Local power brokers may equally be able to hold the government to ransom. From theCambridge English Corpus To sustain these strikes, workers had to persuade and cajole, manipulate and coerce to their side, the sundry patrons and power brokers of the neighbourhood. From theCambridge English Corpus No parliamentary candidate could hope to secure election without striking favourable bargains with a host of power brokers operating at every level in his constituency. From theCambridge English Corpus Neo-patrimonial rule is furthermore facilitated by a number of influential power brokers who act mainly behind the scenes. From theCambridge English Corpus These managers became power brokers, courted by vanilla merchants and timber companies. From theCambridge English Corpus But as soon as the party elders thought their penance had been paid, they were quick to dump each of these caretakers, and replace them with real power brokers. From theCambridge English Corpus She described opting out as breaking the shackles of the power brokers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We must recognise that we are not by any means the chief power brokers in this situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The mayor and other power brokers, of course, knew of strong general public opposition to subsidizing a new ballpark. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Traditional regional power brokers also flocked to his government. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Wedel explores the nontransparent ways in which, in her view, many of todays top power brokers operate. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Honduran journalists say that most of the news media there are unabashedly partisan, allied with political parties and local power brokers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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