In English-language newspapers, especially in the United States and Britain, a pol is a politician.

In English-language newspapers在英語報紙裡 especially in the United States and Britain尤其是美國和英國 a pol is a politicianpol指的就是politician（政治人物）

It is a clipped, slightly knowing office word: the kind of thing you meet in a headline or a political column, not in a school essay and not when you introduce someone politely. A pol may be a mayor, a member of parliament, a party operator — anyone whose job is politics.

It is a clipped, slightly knowing office word這是一個簡短、帶點內行味道的用字 the kind of thing you meet in a headline or a political column你會在標題或政治專欄裡看到 not in a school essay不會出現在學校作文裡 and not when you introduce someone politely有禮貌介紹一個人時也不會這樣說 A pol may be a mayor, a member of parliament, a party operatorpol可能是市長、國會議員、政黨的操盤手 anyone whose job is politics只要工作是搞政治的人都算

The word itself is not a heavy insult, though actually the sentence around it often is; it treats politicians as a type, the way cop treats police.

The word itself is not a heavy insult這個字本身不算是很重的侮辱 though actually the sentence around it often is不過其實用它的那句話常常帶著這種味道 it treats politicians as a type它把政治人物當成一種「類型」來看 the way cop treats police就像cop（條子）對police（警察）那樣

Students almost never need to say this. They only need to recognise it when a paper uses it.

Students almost never need to say this學生幾乎不需要自己說這個字 They only need to recognise it他們只需要看得懂這個字 when a paper uses it當報紙用到它的時候