| 释义 |
non-poˈlitical, a. and n.
[non- 3, 2.]
A. adj. Not political.
B. n. One who is not involved in politics.
1860Dickens Uncomm. Trav. (1958) xvii. 172 If the prisoner..had committed every non-political crime in the Newgate Calendar..nothing would have been easier than..to obtain his release. 1882E. W. Hamilton Diary 27 July (1972) I. 312 It appears that H. M., regarding the matter as ‘non-political’, has also taken the advice of Lord Cranbrook and Northcote about it. 1920B. Russell Practice & Theory Bolshevism i. ii. 25, I was able..to find out how the whole system appears to the ordinary non-political man and woman. 1926R. Macaulay Crewe Train (1967) ii. iii. 67 She enjoyed her mother's party, though she found at it too many non-politicals. 1958New Statesman 1 Feb. 131/1 Even in South Africa (I would argue) it was all right for us to live our non-political lives. 1962Guardian 22 Dec. 3/1 The other non-politicals contented themselves with brief speeches. |