politicking

Word family  noun politician politics politicization politicking politico adjective political politicized apolitical politic verb politicize adverb politically

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pol·i·tick·ing /ˈpɒlətɪkɪŋ $ ˈpɑː-/ noun [uncountable]  POLITICSpolitical activity, usually done to gain support for yourself or your political group 〔通常为了自身利益或自己的政治团体而进行的〕政治活动 the politicking at the party conference 政党大会上的政治活动

Examples from the Corpus

politicking• There are also difficulties of child-rearing and politicking at one and the same time.• The politicking between the ruwatu is kept at a relatively low-key level, for they rarely meet as a group.• It is easy to assume that people were therefore pursuing their own interests, were unprincipled when they went about their politicking.• Such cut-and-thrust politicking has always been Mr Brown's speciality.• The House's session will be shortened due to election-year politicking.Origin politicking (1900-2000) politics

pol·i·tick·ing nounChineseSyllable  

support Corpus gain yourself done to activity, usually for political

politicking
pol‧i‧tick‧ing /ˈpɒlətɪkɪŋ, ˈpɒlɪtɪkɪŋ $ ˈpɑː-/ noun [uncountable]political activity, usually done to gain support for yourself or your political group:
    the politicking at the party conference

pol·it·ick·ingBrE /ˈpɒlətɪkɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɑːlətɪkɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (often disapproving) political activity, especially to win support for yourself 政治活动；（尤指）拉拢活动