| 单词 | political |
| 释义 | political (once / 37 pages) adj Things that are political have to do with government, elections, and how society is run. Congress, state representatives, even county council members are all part of our political system. The Republicans and Democrats are the two main political parties in America — they support political candidates that run for office. The major things that politicians discuss, like balancing the budget, raising taxes, and immigration laws, are political issues. But if someone gets a promotion just because they're friends with the boss, you'd also say it was totally political. In other words, they got ahead because of their connections rather than their qualifications, just like a lot of politicians. WORD FAMILYpolitical: apolitical, nonpolitical, politically, semipolitical, unpolitical+/apolitical: apolitically/nonpolitical: nonpolitically/politician: politicians/politicise: politicised, politicising/politicize: politicized, politicizes, politicizing/politics: political, politician, politicise, politicize USAGE EXAMPLESWhy do some people consider civility an antonym — anathema, even — to political action and dissent? Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) The BDS movement is a Palestinian-led global campaign to put economic and political pressure on Israel, and it is opposed by many Jewish students. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) In the culture of political Washington, this will instead be the year of the chicken. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians "calling a meeting is a political act in itself"- Daniel Goleman political pressure a political machine political office political policy Syn|Ant governmental relating to or dealing with the affairs or structure of government or politics or the state policy-makingconcerned with policy, not administration semipoliticalpolitical in some (but not all) aspects nonpolitical not political apolitical, unpoliticalpolitically neutral 2adj of or relating to the profession of governing political career 3adj of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power political opinions |
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