N-COUNT 从政者,政治家(尤指议会或国会成员) A politician is a person whose job is in politics, especially a member of parliament or congress. 从政者,政治家(尤指议会或国会成员)
They have arrested a number of leading opposition politicians.
他们已经逮捕了数名反对党领袖。
SYN statesman or stateswoman, representative, senator [US], congressman [US]
Quotations
An honest politician is one who when bought stays boughtSimon Cameron
A statesman is a politician who has been dead ten or fifteen yearsHarry S. Truman
A politician is an animal that can sit on a fence and keep both ears to the groundH.L. Mencken
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is always astonished when others doCharles de Gaulle
Well, in politics, I'm a complete neutral; I think they're all scoundrels without exceptionH.L. Mencken
a politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a mane e cummings1 X 1 (no. 10)
There are no good and bad politicians, only bad ones and worseSpanish anarchist slogan
`Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' `No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country.'Edward Everett Hale
A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his serviceGeorges Pompidou
The politician who never made a mistake never made a decisionJohn Major
Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then - we elected themLily Tomlin