[N-COUNT 可数名词]从政者，政治家（尤指议会或国会成员） A politician is a person whose job is in politics, especially a member of parliament or congress.
They have arrested a number of leading opposition politicians.
他们已经逮捕了数名反对党领袖。
Oxford
pol·it·ician★/ˌpɒləˈtɪʃn; NAmEˌpɑːləˈtɪʃn/noun1★(also NAmE,informalpol)a person whose job is concerned with politics, especially as an elected member of parliament, etc. 从政者；政治家2( disapproving) a person who is good at using different situations in an organization to try to get power or advantage for himself or herself 政客；见风驶舵者；投机钻营者politicianpoliticianspol·it·ician/ˌpɒləˈtɪʃn; NAmEˌpɑːləˈtɪʃn/
1someone who works in politics, especially an elected member of the government: politicians who are trying to get the minority vote a British Labour politician2someone who is skilled at dealing with people or using the situation within an organization to gain an advantage: the office politicianCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + politiciana Labour/Republican etc politician· Her mother was a Labour politician.an opposition politician (=belonging to the party that is not in power – used in some political systems)· Opposition politicians argued that there was not enough reason to go to war.a left-wing/right-wing politician· He had been under attack from right-wing politicians for some time.a leading/prominent politician· The scandal ruined the careers of several leading politicians.a senior politician· Talks between senior politicians in Zagreb and Belgrade took place.a local politician· The plan is strongly supported by local politicians.an elected politician· Are the country’s elected politicians trustworthy?popular· He is the most popular politician in the country.corrupt (=one who is not honest)· They make quiet deals with corrupt politicians.astute/shrewd (=one who is good at getting what he wants done)· He proved to be an astute politician.THESAURUSpolitician someone who works in politics, especially an elected member of the government: · senior politiciansstatesman a political or government leader, especially one who is well-respected: · 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’.MP/Member of Parliament in Britain, someone who has been elected to a parliament to represent people from a particular area of the country: · Ken Newton, MPcongressman a man who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives: · a Republican congressmancongresswoman 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 Clintonrepresentative in the US, a member of the House of Representatives: · Democratic Representativesmayor 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 Giulianispin 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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