n.[C]

1. 从事政治者，政治家
   Politicians are busy near election time.

   在接近选举的时候政治家们都很忙。

2. 【贬】专搞党派政治的人，政客
3. 通晓政治的人；政治学家

n.

1. a person who is professionally involved in politics, especially as a holder of an elected office.
2. a person who acts in a manipulative and devious way to gain advancement.