statesman为褒义,politician为贬义。
politician, statesman 这两个名词均可表示“政治家”之意。
politician 指有才能的职业政治家或政坛人物。在美国英语中,多含贬义,特指玩弄阴谋、勾心斗角以谋以私利的政客、政治骗子。
statesman与politician相反,常用于褒义,指有远见,为国为民的正派的政治家,既着重才能,又侧重身居要职。
Statesman例句:
Hamilton is a great statesman and political thinker.
汉密尔顿是个伟大的政治家和政治思想家。
Abroad, Mr Bush was seen as a world statesman
在国外,布什先生被看作一位国际上举足轻重的政治家。
He has cultivated the image of an elder statesman
他已树立起一个政界元老的形象。
Politician例句:
They have arrested a number of leading opposition politicians.
他们已经逮捕了数名反对党领袖。
Politicians seem to be out of touch with the real world.
政治家们似乎不接触现实世界。
In ten years he'll be dead and buried as a politician.
他作为从政者十年后就不会有人记得了。