statesmanship
UK/'steɪtsmənʃɪp/US
C2
Definitions
n.
Skill and wisdom in managing public and political affairs.
政治才能，治国才干。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedstatesstand, set, place
+
manroot
+
-shipstatus, office, skill
=statesmanship
statesman (a man of the state, from st) + -ship (skill/status) = the skill of a statesman. state derives from Latin status 'standing/condition.'
Common Collocations
- 1.great statesmanship卓越的治国才干
- 2.act of statesmanship政治智慧之举
- 3.display statesmanship展现政治才能
Example Sentences
- 1.
Resolving the crisis took real statesmanship.
- 2.
Historians praise her statesmanship during the war.