| 释义 |
depoliticize, v.|diːpəˈlɪtɪsaɪz|
[f. de- II. 1 + politicize v.]
trans. To render non-political, to remove from the sphere of political activity or influence. Also absol. So depoˌliticiˈzation; depoˈliticized ppl. a.
1928Daily Tel. 13 Mar. 10/6 The ‘depoliticisation’ of the public services... The entire public services [in Jugoslavia] have come to be regarded as existing to enable political leaders to reward their followers for party services. 1937New Statesman 4 Sept. 329/2 ‘Don't talk politics to us,’ a bank clerk said to me, ‘we [sc. the Germans] are a depoliticised people. We know we can know nothing, and anyhow knowledge is dangerous here.’ Ibid., For it is the intelligent of all classes who are de-politicised. 1960Guardian 19 Sept. 8/2 The distribution of irrigation water is easier to ‘depoliticise’ than, say, the status of Kashmir. 1963Economist 9 Feb. 533/3 Spokesmen of the People's Party, aware of the political dynamite involved in any large-scale attack on the nationalised empire, have stressed that their aim is to ‘de-politicise’ rather than de-nationalise. 1970Guardian 23 Dec. 3/7 To denationalise and depoliticise Jerusalem is..the first practical step towards preparing a long-term plan for Jerusalem's future. |