politic
发音
How to pronounce politic in British English:
英 [ˈpɒlətɪk]
How to pronounce politic in American English:
美 [ˈpɑlətɪk]
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- Adjective:
- marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness
- smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
单词词源
- politic (adj.)
- early 15c., "pertaining to public affairs," from Middle French politique "political" (14c.) and directly from Latin politicus "of citizens or the state, civil, civic," from Greek politikos "of citizens, pertaining to the state and its administration; pertaining to public life," from polites "citizen," from polis "city" (see polis). Replaced in most adjectival senses by political. From mid-15c. as "prudent, judicious."
- politic (v.)
- also politick, "to engage in political activity," 1917, a back-formation from politics. Related: Politicked; politicking (for the -k- see picnic).
双语例句
- 1. It 's more politic , nay ?
- 2. His successor david was more successful and more politic .
- 3. Greece 's pain is not imposed from outside but grows within its body politic .
- 4. It is not politic to say so .
- 5. But the virtue of xenophobia is never really extinguished in any multiethnic body politic .