marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness;
"it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"
"a politic decision"
"a politic manager"
"a politic old scoundrel"
"a shrewd and politic reply"
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication;
"he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"
"the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"
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用作形容词 (adj.)
A politic man tries not to offendpeople. 精明的人尽量不得罪人。
Many towns often found it politic to change their allegiance. 很多城镇经常发现改变他们的忠诚度是件精明的举动。