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单词 policy
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policy
(pɒlɪsi )
Word forms: policies
1. variable noun B2
A policy is a set of ideas or plans that is used as a basis for making decisions, especially in politics, economics, or business.
...plans which include changes in foreign policy and economic reforms.
...the U.N.'s policy-making body.
Synonyms: procedure, plan, action, programme  
2. countable noun [usually poss NOUN] B2
An official organization's policy on a particular issue or towards a country is their attitude and actions regarding that issue or country.
...its no-strings aid policy towards Africa.
...the government's policy on repatriation. [+ on]
...the corporation's policy of forbidding building on common land. [+ of]
3. countable noun [usually NOUN noun]
An insurance policy is a document which shows the agreement that you have made with an insurance company. [business]
You are advised to read the small print of household and motor insurance policies.
Collocations:
coherent policy
He said: 'It isn't a coherent national policy'.
The Sun (2006)
A political and a military surge has to be supplemented by a coherent economic policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The absence of any coherent industrial policy has made itself strongly felt here.
Global Capitalism and National Decline (1989)
defence policy
It represents an important change in German defence policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
With the election of Giscard d'Estaing as President in 1974, defence policy was once again reviewed.
Warfare in the Twentieth Century (1988)
The loss of India had a paradoxical impact on British defence policy.
The British way in Warfare - 1688-2000 (1990)
develop a policy
Delegates passed a motion calling for schools to develop policies to tackle bullying.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This document marks the beginning of a conversation to develop the policies needed to decarbonise transport.
The Sun (2020)
'The key for us was to develop a very robust sustainability policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
economic policy
The party was in chaos over a key economic policy yesterday.
The Sun (2015)
The figures are bound to be hailed by the government as a fresh sign that its economic policies have worked.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The outlook for other aspects of US economic policy over the medium term is uncertain.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
education policy
The move could signal a change in the direction of Tory education policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The question of selection by ability is just about the most contentious issue in education policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His wife is a former headmistress turned education policy adviser.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
effective policy
More effective policies are therefore urgently needed.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
What a difference effective economic policies can make.
The Sun (2015)
The risk of imprisonment contributes to an effective policy of deterrence.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
energy policy
The prime minister made nuclear power a centrepiece of the government's energy policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The government has put smart meters at the heart of its energy policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We need the most radical overhaul of energy policy since the war.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
enforce a policy
Make staff aware that you intend to enforce the policy strictly.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
How will they enforce this laughable policy?
The Sun (2015)
Ofcom, and other regulators, is to speed up and get tougher when enforcing policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
environmental policy
Its vegetable garden supplies the restaurant, in keeping with the hotel's environmental policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
About 40 % said an environmental policy was particularly important for young staff.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Firms should show staff what the environmental policy means in reality.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
ethical policy
How should companies go about shaping their ethical policies?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He said that investment in wind farms would comply with the church's ethical policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In the past there has been much talk of an ethical foreign aid policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
existing policy
Check what your existing insurance policies cover.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Most companies will no longer add non-European drivers to existing policies.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Check the terms of your existing policy to see if there are any hefty exit penalties.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
government policy
The trend is at odds with government policy to phase out coal plants.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He claimed debt was now driving government policy.
The Sun (2007)
Millions of savers are angry that government policy has focused on the cost of borrowing in recent months.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
green policy
There are fears that green policies will prompt a rise in power prices.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The Tories have quietly been reviewing many of their green policies.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Opposition MPs seized on the report and argued that green policies should be tailored to different generations.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
housing policy
Mr Street would be responsible for transport, planning and housing policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Housing policies should be judged by how many new homes are built.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Can the government shape a housing policy that boosts the economy in the northeast and delivers more homes elsewhere?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
immigration policy
English is changing rapidly because of its global prevalence and liberal immigration policies that have exposed it to foreign influences.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A change in the country's immigration policy will cut the number of asylum seekers housed at detention centres.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The immigration policy will now be reviewed.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
implement a policy
Policy is not implemented by politicians.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Those who implement the policy should be neutral and independent.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The policy will be implemented in September.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
industrial policy
The interventionist industrial policies of the 1970s were a costly failure.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The rationale is also that industrial policy can help to address Britain's stubborn problem of low productivity.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
These days industrial policy is about subtle coaxing and selective funding of research.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
influence policy
It also influenced American immigration policy.
The Descent of Mind - the how and why of intelligence (1990)
There is a question about what they are doing and whether they are influencing policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If you really wanted to influence government policy, there are probably better ways to spend £5,000.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
introduce a policy
Before any new policy is introduced, you must consult properly with your workers.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
No wonder nearly two thirds of parents would like a new policy introduced allowing pupils to wear their own clothes.
The Sun (2016)
It is increasingly common for businesses to introduce policies on care responsibilities.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
life insurance policy
Life insurance policies pay out a lump sum upon your death.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The document could be used to make a huge claim on a life insurance policy.
The Sun (2013)
He has exhausted all of his assets, except for a life insurance policy that will pay $100,000 to his wife.
Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
open-door policy
An open-door policy means that staff feel comfortable chatting to senior management.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was a pastor with just such an open-door policy who had a major impact on him.
Christianity Today (2000)
He has either forgotten or wants to avoid any mention of the open-door immigration policy.
The Sun (2016)
pay policy
The company has promised to review its pay policy.
The Sun (2016)
Last year about 30 % of investors voted against the group's pay policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The Fed has announced that it will review the pay policies of some 5,000 firms and reject any that encourage excessive risk-taking.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
penal policy
It is not their job to determine penal policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She is concerned that his more liberal approach to penal policy will lead to a rise in crime.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There is also a perfectly reasonable case for a stricter and more punitive penal policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
policy aimed at
A policy aimed at increasing the availability of credit may end up doing the opposite.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Consideration should be given to policies aimed at lowering the risk of oil scarcity.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It follows that policies aimed at punishing non-existent crimes and solving non-existent problems will be bad policies.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
policy based on
Some senior officials and politicians think that the policy is based upon a false premise.
The Global Marketplace (1993)
She shows that the policy was based on poorly understood and incomplete demographic information.
The Times Literary Supplement (2008)
No fewer than nine housing ministers pursued a policy based on targets.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
policy matter
He made some inputs on policy matter on education.
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In practice, each side treated the other's grievances as a foreign policy matter.
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Changes in the transportation system are displayed on the chart as if they are a policy matter.
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Of course policies matter but it's how the leaders defend them that counts.
Times, Sunday Times
Which public health agencies were best configured in planning for the outbreak of an infectious illness and which had allowed their attention to drift into less urgent policy matters?
Times,Sunday Times
policy prescription
His policy prescription once again put him outside the mainstream during his lifetime and remains radical today.
The Times Literary Supplement
But mostly, he draws back from policy prescription, offering broad principles instead.
The Times Literary Supplement
Has he come up with a policy prescription that might have been expected from a left-winger?
Times, Sunday Times
It combines field-based analysis, policy prescription, and advocacy, with key roles being played by senior management and board members.
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Furthermore, the lack of a normative view of the world curtails the ability to propose anything more than a policy prescription, which by definition always assumes a given context.
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policy recommendation
Orders, which spawned the pubcos, it held back from making a policy recommendation and instead called for the tie to be fully investigated.
Times, Sunday Times
The commission also produced a compendium to summarize its findings and make policy recommendations.
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This group was set up to review the scientific evidence on the effectiveness of mindfulness and develop policy recommendations for government.
Times, Sunday Times
Based on the facts and hard evidence available, the following policy recommendations could reasonably be made.
Times, Sunday Times
They could widen their narrow remit as departmental shadows and make policy recommendations.
Times, Sunday Times
policy reform
Deficits, cuts in staff and services, nurse shortages, policy reform overload, low pay and low morale are affecting recruitment and retention.
Times, Sunday Times
The extra value theroretically delivered by yesterday's dividend policy reform may be nearer 10 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times
The organization channels public energy towards increased accountability at the polls and actionable policy reform.
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This work ranges from visiting rural communities to provide free legal support to advising their government on policy reform.
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This tool can guide policy monitoring efforts throughout the policy reform process.
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policy regime
On leaving, the country would announce a new policy regime, including inflation-targeting and fiscal rules to show it had not embarked on a free-for-all.
Times, Sunday Times
Hyperinflation has always been a traumatic experience for the area which suffers it, and the next policy regime almost always enacts policies to prevent its recurrence.
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Different policy regimes do not lead to very different rates.
Times, Sunday Times
The term captures the tendency of policy regimes to deal with complexity with delegated system of rules.
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policy review
People will see the policy review he has led has been a big deal.
Times, Sunday Times
Campaigners claimed that a policy review published yesterday had failed to secure a better deal for passengers because of continued inflation-busting increases.
Times, Sunday Times
He also co-chaired the party's economic competitiveness policy review.
Times, Sunday Times
The policy review itself, which recommends much more sharing of knowledge and power, has been conducted in secretive groups.
Times, Sunday Times
He appointed policy review teams - and brought in outsiders to offer advice.
The Sun
privacy policy
View our privacy policy here.
The Sun (2012)
The company says it has robust privacy policies to protect such personal data.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The site has faced users' complaints over its privacy policies in the past.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
progressive policy
The wars eroded inherited, dynastic wealth and brought forth progressive policy through the state.
Times, Sunday Times
He also said that it would maintain its progressive policy on dividends.
Times, Sunday Times
It plans to resume dividends the following year but at 7.7p a share, a 50 per cent cut on its last dividend, before returning to a progressive policy.
Times,Sunday Times
It was the progressive policy of its timesan important measure to promote social justice in a period when real want was a problem for millions.
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It produces reports and analyses of current political issues and aims to contribute to public debate by formulating progressive policy solutions.
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pursue a policy
Successive governments have pursued policies designed to keep its people employed.
The Sun (2013)
I dispute the argument that it could have been worse if different policies had been pursued .
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The author attempted to identify the industrial sectors that profited from the policies pursued by the government.
Global Capitalism and National Decline (1989)
pursue policies
I dispute the argument that it could have been worse if different policies had been pursued .
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The author attempted to identify the industrial sectors that profited from the policies pursued by the government.
Global Capitalism and National Decline (1989)
Successive governments have pursued policies designed to keep its people employed.
The Sun (2013)
regulation policy
Yet in the end this cost will still be borne by individual consumers and workers, this being a basic principle of tax and regulation policy.
Times, Sunday Times
These include an infrastructure policy committee, regulation policy committee and safety policy committee.
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This view emphasizes the role of minimum wages as a market regulation policy akin to antitrust policies, as opposed to an illusory free lunch for low-wage workers.
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remuneration policy
The supermarket group overhauled its remuneration policy this week to make it simpler.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
If they didn't like a bank's remuneration policy, they could vote against it.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A fifth of investors voted against the remuneration policy for its new board.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
renew a policy
The same applies if you are renewing an insurance policy or buying goods.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It turns out the insurance firm had been automatically renewing the policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It proposed further intervention for motorists who have automatically renewed the same policy four times in a row.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
reverse a policy
We call on it to reverse this policy, or at least make payment dates clearer on bills.
Times, Sunday Times
Labour has said it would reverse this policy if it won the general election.
Times, Sunday Times
But things have completely changed and it now makes sense to reverse their policy of credit contraction.
Times, Sunday Times
But she did nothing to reverse the policy.
The Sun
He admitted foreign investors had been severely hit and reversed his policy.
Times, Sunday Times
security policy
To him, the reality of national security policy, just like the fiction of 24, was a straightforward case of goodies versus baddies.
Times, Sunday Times
Much depends on its security policy and on whom it appoints to office.
Times, Sunday Times
It would explain to the public the grounds for security policy while distinguishing between political and intelligence judgments.
Times, Sunday Times
But the iron-fisted security policy has made more enemies than friends.
Times, Sunday Times
It's security policy by spin at a time when the country needs protection by substance.
Times, Sunday Times
selection policy
England obviously have a different selection policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There were splits in the camp and selection policy was roundly condemned.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They still refuse to concede that their selection policy has anything to with age.
The Sun (2015)
shape policy
The unit's work has been instrumental in shaping policy in a range of areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Energy is another area in which the environment is shaping policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Let's hope that our leaders shaping policy listen to what they're saying.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
social policy
He indicated to her that he would welcome a shift to a post dealing with his main interest, social policy.
Times, Sunday Times
The controversy would not be about the law, but about the wisdom or unwisdom of social policy.
Times, Sunday Times
His views on architecture, social policy and interfaith relations have all had misses, as well as undeniable hits.
Times, Sunday Times
Support groups were formed and a framework agreed to advise social policy practitioners on how to assess their needs.
Times, Sunday Times
Overall, we have a very firm approach to social policy.
Times, Sunday Times
strict policy
The company has a strict policy not to use high-pressure sales techniques.
The Sun (2009)
A spokesman for the retailer defended its strict policy.
The Sun (2011)
The allegations are potentially embarrassing for the company, which has prided itself on its strict policy on ethical trading.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
support a policy
That policy is strongly supported by business.
The Sun (2011)
Moreover, he had signed letters supporting the most hardline party policies.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But that doesn't mean I support this policy as it stands.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
take out a policy
I took out the policy because we were left in a difficult spot financially for a lengthy period.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He had taken out a policy with the firm that covered loan repayments in case he lost his job because of a heart condition.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But be aware that insurers will not pay out if you knew when you took out the policy that your employer was poised to make redundancies.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
tax policy
He'll use tax policy to encourage good environmental practice.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He blundered on a question of tax policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
One of their big asks is for a longer-term approach to tax policies, with governments held more to account.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
tighten policy
Central banks were now more likely to tighten monetary policy than in the April outlook.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The world's most powerful central bank also hinted that it would be less aggressive in tightening monetary policy after the end of this year.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And while he made clear that interest rates would remain low, eurozone governments are busy tightening fiscal policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
trade policy
There are likely to be further appointments, with headhunters seeking to recruit a senior outsider to take control of overseas trade policy.
Times, Sunday Times
It's a chance to take back control of huge sums of money and to take back control of our trade policy.
The Sun
This marked a new direction in trade policy, because the president's rationale for the tariffs had nothing to do with economics or supposed 'unfair competition'.
Times, Sunday Times
Better to have an imperfect route to controlling our own trade policy than no route at all.
The Sun
The senior role involved formulating and negotiating trade policy.
Times, Sunday Times
violate a policy
Last summer, trustees voted to delay a formal decision, effectively allowing faculty to violate the policy indefinitely.
Christianity Today
It monitors the activities of privileged users and sends alerts when individuals attempt to violate a policy.
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They will have to pay for the removal of any tattoo that violates the policy.
Times, Sunday Times
The participants decided to violate this policy.
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We should move on what we know violates the policy.
Times, Sunday Times
welfare policy
In fact, crises almost inevitably lead to dramatic changes in welfare policy.
Times,Sunday Times
He said it was wrong 'in principle and in practice' for ministers ever to have made the national broadcaster responsible for welfare policy.
Times, Sunday Times
As a matter of religious principle, job creation must be at the centre of any long-term welfare policy.
Times, Sunday Times
It provides a much-needed forum for exotic animal welfare policy discussion/debate and recognizes captive exotic animal welfare initiatives through awards.
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It calls on the church to accept that governments were motivated by more than economic concerns when trying to reform welfare policies.
Times, Sunday Times
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