Definition of power broker in English:

power broker

noun

A person who deliberately affects the distribution of political or economic power by exerting influence or by intrigue.
its parliament and prime minister are fronts for the real power brokers, a coterie of elite bureaucrats
one of the biggest power brokers in Hollywood
Example sentencesExamples
- If a true power broker believes in your skills, he or she can back you up with a huge budget and a worldwide tour.
- Even many of her private pastimes were public events calculated to reinforce this double image of a major power broker who somehow still embodied feminine virtue.
- Opinion polls put his likely score at 12%, which makes him the ‘third man’ - the candidate who could end up acting as a power broker between the two heavyweights.
- ‘I want to be able to influence young minds to pursue higher learning,’ she said before a recent board meeting, looking quite the power broker in a crisp lavender suit.
- The real winner, though, is also the power broker behind the merger.
- She wasted little time building a reputation as a hard-working moderate conservative who emerged as a crucial power broker on the nine-member court.
- In stark contrast to its nature during the foundational period in the 1970s and early 1980s, the Commission in large measure both sets the Community agenda and acts as a power broker in the legislative process.
- And so, in that sense, I think he indeed can become a power broker.
- And he's going to really fulfill the stereotype of a Washington power broker.
- Needless to say, he is a real power broker on the international film scene.
- He was right: as the ultimate power broker, he became a one-man replacement for the crumbling studio system.
- He had also become a power broker in the British scientific establishment.
- On the one hand, the photograph gives us a hint of what it feels like to be a power broker whose milieu is the smoke-filled room, or an insider who manages the campaign from the sidelines.
- He acted as a pro-American power broker and an alternative voice to the German-French axis within the European Union.
- We need a new fresh start, and within 5 years, we could become a shining star and a power broker.
- But the minute the police chief as mayoral candidate, the fast-talking power broker, and his misfit cast of drunk and clichéd socialites show up, the movie goes painfully askew.
- Like the proverbial power broker who works behind the scenes, optimal hydration is one of the physical conditions most closely associated with all aspects of anabolism.
- He was a person of genius and contradiction - at once a rationalist committed to toleration, openness, and the pursuit of happiness and a militaristic power broker who prospered while crushing others under foot.

Derivatives

power-broking

adjective & noun

His decision closes an era of power-broking but leaves a fierce battle between Labor, Liberals and the Greens to capture the spot he's vacating.
Example sentencesExamples
- In Spain and her former American colonies, in Italy and in the Balkans, constitutional appearances barely concealed older forms of power-broking, factionalism, and conflict.
- In the climate of individualism, competition and neoliberalism, this lesson has to be learnt and built through struggle on the ground, not through deals and power-broking at the top.
- His last period as Prime Minister was marked by old-fashioned power-broking between the parties within his five-party coalition, instead of the application of cautious government reform begun by his predecessors during the 1980s.
- But the 10 new members should not have to rely on charity, any more than the older members should be able to impose their will by power-broking.

单词	power broker
释义	Definition of power broker in English: power broker noun A person who deliberately affects the distribution of political or economic power by exerting influence or by intrigue. its parliament and prime minister are fronts for the real power brokers, a coterie of elite bureaucrats one of the biggest power brokers in Hollywood Example sentencesExamples If a true power broker believes in your skills, he or she can back you up with a huge budget and a worldwide tour. Even many of her private pastimes were public events calculated to reinforce this double image of a major power broker who somehow still embodied feminine virtue. Opinion polls put his likely score at 12%, which makes him the ‘third man’ - the candidate who could end up acting as a power broker between the two heavyweights. ‘I want to be able to influence young minds to pursue higher learning,’ she said before a recent board meeting, looking quite the power broker in a crisp lavender suit. The real winner, though, is also the power broker behind the merger. She wasted little time building a reputation as a hard-working moderate conservative who emerged as a crucial power broker on the nine-member court. In stark contrast to its nature during the foundational period in the 1970s and early 1980s, the Commission in large measure both sets the Community agenda and acts as a power broker in the legislative process. And so, in that sense, I think he indeed can become a power broker. And he's going to really fulfill the stereotype of a Washington power broker. Needless to say, he is a real power broker on the international film scene. He was right: as the ultimate power broker, he became a one-man replacement for the crumbling studio system. He had also become a power broker in the British scientific establishment. On the one hand, the photograph gives us a hint of what it feels like to be a power broker whose milieu is the smoke-filled room, or an insider who manages the campaign from the sidelines. He acted as a pro-American power broker and an alternative voice to the German-French axis within the European Union. We need a new fresh start, and within 5 years, we could become a shining star and a power broker. But the minute the police chief as mayoral candidate, the fast-talking power broker, and his misfit cast of drunk and clichéd socialites show up, the movie goes painfully askew. Like the proverbial power broker who works behind the scenes, optimal hydration is one of the physical conditions most closely associated with all aspects of anabolism. He was a person of genius and contradiction - at once a rationalist committed to toleration, openness, and the pursuit of happiness and a militaristic power broker who prospered while crushing others under foot. Derivatives power-broking adjective & noun His decision closes an era of power-broking but leaves a fierce battle between Labor, Liberals and the Greens to capture the spot he's vacating. Example sentencesExamples In Spain and her former American colonies, in Italy and in the Balkans, constitutional appearances barely concealed older forms of power-broking, factionalism, and conflict. In the climate of individualism, competition and neoliberalism, this lesson has to be learnt and built through struggle on the ground, not through deals and power-broking at the top. His last period as Prime Minister was marked by old-fashioned power-broking between the parties within his five-party coalition, instead of the application of cautious government reform begun by his predecessors during the 1980s. But the 10 new members should not have to rely on charity, any more than the older members should be able to impose their will by power-broking.
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