政客

FOR most of Nigeria's post-independence history, its politicians were more wary of losing office by a coup or assassination than by an adverse vote in a free election.

尼日利亚独立后，政客们主要担心会因暗杀或政变下台，其次是在民主选举中落败。

With Augustus established in power and with the Principate firmly rooted, the internal machinations of the imperial household provide a fascinating glimpse into the one issue that painted this otherwise gifted organizer and politician into a corner from which he could find no easy exit: the problem of the succession.

当奥古斯都大权在握并使元首制牢牢生根之时，来自帝国内部的阴谋诡计向"谁是继承人？"这个问题投以迷人的一瞥——如果不这样做，那些有天赋的组织者和政客难有出头之日。

Mr XX was taken hostages by rebels ..group ..to visit a prision on the island.

菲律宾红十字会说六个月前被穆斯林武装分子绑架的几名意大利工人已经得到释放，在当地一名政客的的陪同下，XX到达了岛南部的军事基地，XX是在六个月前前往监狱的路上被XX绑架的。

The lanky young politician striving for the Senate and the short, puckish, pot-bellied 91-year-old

一个年轻的瘦高个，削尖了脑袋想往参议院里钻的小政客。

These silly and rather puerile pronouncements came from blinkered politicians with no concept of reality.

这些愚昧而颇幼稚的见解，是来自视而不见、对现实全无概念的政客。

But attack ads can backfire on the firms that make them, just as they sometimes do on pugnacious politicians.

然而，攻击性广告可能会让做广告的公司搬起石头砸了自己的脚，正如攻击性广告对好斗的政客所产生的影响一样。

In the autumn of 1842 he ridiculed a vain, pugnacious politician by the name of James Shields.

5.1842年秋季，林肯讥笑一个自大好斗的政客，这人叫詹姆斯。

A politician is like quicksilver; if you try to put your finger on him, you will find nothing under it.

政客好比水银；当你要抓住他的时候，你会发觉并未抓到什么东西。

A politician be like quicksilver ; if you try to put your finger on him, you will find nothing under it .

政客好比水银；当你要抓住他的时候，你会发觉并未抓到什么东西。

The politician is known for his razor-sharp tongue.

那名政客以如剃刀般锋利的言辞而闻名。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。