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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pol /pɒl $ pɑːl/ noun [countable] American English informal  POLITICSa politician – used in newspapers 政客〔用于报纸〕 He’s just another Washington pol. 他不过是华盛顿的另一个政客。
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polApparently Grijalva has declared himself the moral guidepost for other local pols.But the mayor had studiously avoided endorsing any of the old pols running.Forbes is traveling the country at an impressive clip, spreading his flat-tax message and pocketing IOUs from Republican pols.They were handshaking, backslapping old-style Texas pols.They loved the issues, hated the pols.Thereafter the pols rejected Jack as unworthy, and tried to destroy him.In his view, Dole is just another Washington pol.
Origin pol (1900-2000) politician
pol nounChinese
Corpus a politician used in newspapers


pol
pol /pɒl $ pɑːl/ noun [countable] American English informal
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: politician
a politician – used in newspapers:
    He’s just another Washington pol.


polBrE /pɒl/ 🔊NAmE /pɑːl/ 🔊 noun (NAmE, informal) = politician (1)