elder statesman

英 [ˌeldə ˈsteɪtsmən]

美 [ˌeldər ˈsteɪtsmən]

n.  政界元老; 资深前辈; 德高望重的老前辈

牛津词典

noun

• 政界元老
  an old and respected politician or former politician whose advice is still valued because of his or her long experience
• 资深前辈；德高望重的老前辈
  any experienced and respected person whose advice or work is valued
  1. an elder statesman of golf
     高尔夫球的元老

柯林斯词典

• 政界元老
  Anelder statesmanis an old and respected politician or former politician who still has influence because of his or her experience.
• 前辈;权威人士;元老
  An experienced and respected member of an organization or profession is sometimes referred to as anelder statesman.

英英释义

noun

• an elderly statesman whose advice is sought be government leaders
• any influential person whose advice is highly respected

双语例句

• Giggs'relationship with Sir Alex has obviously developed over the years as he's matured from rookie teenage talent to a distinguished elder statesman in the first team.
  吉格斯和爵爷的关系显然越来越好，他也从一个愣头青成长为一队的领袖。
• Mr McCain was the known quantity, the safer choice, literally the elder statesman and Mr Obama had everything to prove.
  麦凯恩是已知数，是更加安全的人选，堪称政界元老，而奥巴马事事都有待证明。
• He has written eight books and has cultivated the image of an elder statesman
  他已经写了8本书，树立起了其政界元老的形象。
• In2004, tennis's elder statesman became the oldest player to finish in the top ten since Jimmy Connors in1988.
  2004年，网坛老将阿加西打破了一项世界记录，成为自1988年吉米·康诺斯以来，进入网坛排名前10位的最年长的选手。
• After I am dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.& Cato the Elder, statesman, soldier, and author.
  我宁愿死后人们问我为何没有纪念碑而不是问我为何有纪念碑。&老卡托，古罗马政治家、战士和作家。
• Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's elder statesman, recently said that it could take as long as six years before the economy makes a firm recovery.
  新加坡政界元老李光耀（LeeKuanYew）近期表示，新加坡经济可能需要长达6年时间才能稳固复苏。
• Henry Kaufman, the economist and Wall Street elder statesman, gives the lie to the notion that no one saw the financial crisis coming.
  经济学家、华尔街资深政治家亨利考夫曼证明，那种认为无人预见到金融危机的看法是错误的。
• Often in a crisp white shirt and tie, he seems happy to play the professorial elder statesman.
  他经常穿着笔挺的白衬衣，打着领带，似乎乐于扮演老一辈学者型政治家的角色。
• Yes, the man was our elder statesman, Bernard Baruch.
  似的，这就是我们的政界元老，伯纳德巴鲁。
• Few go as far as Joschka Fischer, elder statesman of Germany's Greens, who wants a United States of Europe.
  没人比约施卡·菲舍尔，这名德国绿党前发言人走得更远，他提出要建立一个欧罗巴合众国。