0 a member of a government or law-making organization -- 从政者，政治家，政客
a distinguished/disgraced politician 著名／失势的政治家
She believed her job as a politician was to represent the views of her party and the people who voted for her.
Several politicians were accused of dispensing favours to people who voted for them.
The media focus on politicians' private lives inevitably switches the attention away from the real issues.
McCarthyism is named after the American politician Joseph McCarthy, who in the 1950s accused many Americans of being Communists.
He was an effective enough politician, but he had no ambition to become party leader.
Opening up the policy process to public, parties and politicians should be done with due reticence.
The split removed an incentive to behave moderately as there were no longer national politicians but only regional ones.
The politicians may then select from this menu the policies they shall support.
