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a pol
pol 是 politician 的非正式简称，多用于口语或新闻报道。
He is a pol who knows how to win votes.
他是一个懂得如何赢得选票的政客。
政客；党派政治人物
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
政客；党派政治人物
a person active in party politics
He is a pol who knows how to win votes.
他是一个懂得如何赢得选票的政客。
abbr. 油料(Petroleum；Oil and Lubricants)；北极星导弹(Polaris)
n a person active in party politics
That pol always shakes hands with shoppers at the weekend market.
那位政客总是在周末市场与购物者握手。
The newspaper interviewed three pols about the new housing plan.
这家报纸就新的住房计划采访了三位政客。
As a young pol, she learned how to speak plainly to voters.
作为一位年轻政客，她学会了如何对选民说实在话。
pol 是 politician 的非正式简称，多用于口语或新闻报道。
He is a pol who knows how to win votes.
他是一个懂得如何赢得选票的政客。
pol 的复数为 pols，可直接作主语。
Pols from both parties backed the new tax plan.
两党的政客都支持这项新税收计划。
用 from 引出政客的家乡或所属选区。
She is a pol from Ohio who cares about rural voters.
她是一位来自俄亥俄州、关心农村选民的政客。
Not this
The pol shows that most people support the new law.
Use this
The poll shows that most people support the new law.
pol 指“政客”（从政者），而“民意调查”是 poll。两者拼写相近但词义不同，表达调查结果时只能用 poll。
Not this
He is pol.
Use this
He is a pol.
pol 是可数名词，意为“政客”，单数形式前需要冠词 a。汉语没有冠词系统，学习者容易漏掉，但英语中 a pol 才是完整的可数名词短语。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
老练的政客
He is a seasoned pol who knows how to win votes.
他是一位知道如何赢得选票的老练政客。
资深政客
The veteran pol announced she would not run again.
这位资深政客宣布她不再参选。
民主党政治人物
Several Democratic pols attended the rally.
几名民主党政治人物参加了集会。
当地政客
Local pols were quick to respond to the scandal.
当地政客迅速对丑闻作出回应。
Use pol naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
pol是politician的前三个字母，看到它就想‘政客’；就像politics（政治）的开头，参与党派政治的人就是pol。
语域：informal 常见场景：news headlines、casual conversation、political commentary pol 是 politician 的非正式简短说法，多用于口语、新闻标题或随意的政治讨论；正式场合一般用 politician。
pol /pɔl/ rhymes with ball, call, and fall /bɔl, kɔl, fɔl/ in the stated pronunciation (same vowel plus /l/). Beware of lookalikes poll /poʊl/ and pal /pæl/, which are spelled similarly but have different vowel sounds.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.