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单词 policy
释义 policy
policy1
 /pol"euh see/,  n.  ,  pl.   policies.
  1. a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.: We have a new company policy.
  2. a course of action adopted and pursued by a government, ruler, political party, etc.: our nation's foreign policy.
  3. action or procedure conforming to or considered with reference to prudence or expediency: It was good policy to consent.
  4. sagacity; shrewdness: Showing great policy, he pitted his enemies against one another.
  5.  Rare.   government; polity.
 [1350-1400; ME policie government, civil administration < MF < L politia POLITY]
 Syn. 1. strategy, principle, rule. 4. acumen, astuteness, skill, art.
 Ant. 4. ingenuousness, naiveté.
policy2
 /pol"euh see/,  n.  ,  pl.   policies.
  1. a document embodying a contract of insurance.
  2. a method of gambling in which bets are made on numbers to be drawn by lottery.
  3. See numbers pool (def. 2).
 [1555-65; < MF police ( < It polizza < ML apodixa receipt << Gk apódeixis a showing or setting forth; see APODICTIC, -SIS) + -Y3]
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