politic
politic 英 ['pɒlɪtɪk] 美 ['pɑlətɪk]
adj. 精明的；有策略的；狡猾的；审慎的；政治的 vi. 拉选票
名词复数:politics
- 请先登录
- adj. 精明的；有策略的；狡猾的；审慎的；政治的
- vi. 拉选票
-
1. Beware of the fifth column. They often infiltrate into key positions and seek to undermine the body politic from within.
要提防隐蔽的敌人，他们经常渗透到关键岗位企图从内部破坏国家政体。
-
2. However, many of the landlords thought it more politic to show allegiance to the monarch and hastily adopted titles like the King’s Head or the Crown.
但是，很多房东却认为需要从政治上显示向英王效忠，于是都迫不及待地使用了类似“国王头像”或“皇冠”这样的名称。
-
3. And the American body politic, tired of war, fed up with wasted American resources, may not be willing to wait until 2014 before pressing lawmakers to “bring our boys—and girls—home.
而厌倦了战争、受够了美国资源浪费的美国政治体，可能不愿意等到2014年，在此之前向立法者施压以“带我们的男孩——和女孩——回家”。
- politic (adj.) early 15c., "pertaining to public affairs," from Middle French politique "political" (14c.) and directly from Latin politicus "of citizens or the state, civil, civic," from Greek politikos "of citizens, pertaining to the state and its administration; pertaining to public life," from polites "citizen," from polis "city" (see polis). Replaced in most adjectival senses by political. From mid-15c. as "prudent, judicious."
- politic (v.) also politick, "to engage in political activity," 1917, a back-formation from politics. Related: Politicked; politicking (for the -k- see picnic).
- 请先登录
0 个回复