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politic

英['pɒlɪtɪk] 美['pɑlətɪk]
  • adj. 精明的;有策略的;狡猾的;审慎的
  • vi. 拉选票

英英释意


1. marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness;
"it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"
"a politic decision"
"a politic manager"
"a politic old scoundrel"
"a shrewd and politic reply"
2. smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication;
"he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"
"the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject"
"the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"
"affable, suave, moderate men...smugly convinced of their respectability" - Ezra Pound