喜樂美語

核心畫面

At its heart, political is about power — who holds it, who wants it, and how people manoeuvre to get and keep it. The most concrete picture is the running of a country (governments, parties, elections), but the same word stretches to any place where people jostle for power over each other.

可以想成 political 的核心畫面比較像「權力的遊戲」：誰握有權力、誰想要、人們怎麼出招去爭取和保住它。最具體…更多收起可以想成 political 的核心畫面比較像「權力的遊戲」：誰握有權力、誰想要、人們怎麼出招去爭取和保住它。最具體的版本是一個國家怎麼被治理——政府、政黨、選舉那一套；但同一個字也能延伸到任何「人和人之間在角力、爭主導權」的場合，從辦公室到社團都算。

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群體內的權力角力

把「治國的權力」縮小到一個小團體裡，就成了這個意思：不是國家層級，而是一個公司、辦公室、團隊內部，人們彼此爭奪和運用權力。核心畫面（誰有權、誰想要、怎麼出招）一模一樣，只是舞台從國家換成了會議室。

relating to power struggles · adjective · B1

Relating to the way people inside a group or team get and use power over each other.

權力角力的

對政治有興趣、投入政治的人

前兩個家族在描述「事情」的性質，這個家族把焦點轉到「人」身上：一個人對前面那個權力與治理的領域有多投入、多在意。等於是把 political 從形容事務，挪去形容一個人的態度和參與。

interested in politics · adjective · B1

Interested in politics or taking an active part in it.

關心政治的

固定片語：political football

這是一個固定說法，把「權力角力」的概念濃縮成一個生動的比喻：一個問題被兩邊當成球一樣踢來踢去，各自想藉它得分、佔上風，而問題本身反倒沒人真心想解決。它仍緊扣核心的權力爭奪，只是包裝成球場上的畫面。

a political football · adjective · B1

Used in the phrase 'a political football' to mean a problem that opposing sides keep arguing over to win advantage.

政治足球（爭議焦點）

Also in this word

relating to government · adjective · B1

Relating to the government of a country and to the way people use power to run it.

政治的

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

politicaladj/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/

  • 1

    Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.

    • Political principles are rarely absolute, as political logic holds an imperfect result by compromise is better than a theoretically perfect abstention from the political process in the opposition.
    • As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
  • 2

    Concerning a polity or its administrative components.

    • Good political staff is hard to find, they may neither be ambitious and corrupted by power nor tempted by private sector careers.
  • 3

    derogatoryInappropriately motivated by political calculation, as it pertains to elections, power dynamics, ideologies, etc.

    • The media alleged that the Federal Reserve chairman’s decision to cut rates before the election was political.
  • 4

    Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power, standing, influence or conflict.

  • 5

    Interested in politics.

politicalnoun/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/

  • 1

    A political agent or officer.

    • One such officer was Count Nikolai Ignatiev, a brilliant and ambitious political, who enjoyed the ear of the Tsar and burned to settle his country's scores with the British.
  • 2

    A publication focusing on politics.

  • 3

    A political prisoner.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。