political
adjective uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/ us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
B1 政治的
relating to politics
political leaders 政治领袖
There are two major political parties in the US - the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. 美国有两个主要政党——民主党和共和党。
Education is back at the top of the political agenda (= the matters that the government is considering). 教育问题又回到了政府议事日程的首位。
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- The National Front is an extremely right-wing political party in Britain.
- He rose quickly through the political hierarchy to become party leader.
- He has given up political power, but he remains securely in control of the army.
- The political reforms have led to major structural changes in the economy.
- His political career ended when he was found to have been accepting bribes.
Idiom
a political footballidiom 政治足球（各党派政治家争论并试图利用以获取好处的问题）
a problem that politicians from different parties argue about and try to use in order to get an advantage for themselves
We don't want the immigration issue to become a political football. 我们不想让移民问题成为政治足球。