statesmanlike

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Like a statesman, demonstrating the skills and qualities of a respected leader.
    — What we should look for from a Secretary of State for Transport is a statesmanlike position above the fray, calmly laying out the big issues, the preferred outcome, and restating in a credible and persuasive way a determination to see it through.

词形变化

more statesmanlike comparative most statesmanlike superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English statesman
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -like
English -like
English statesmanlike
From statesman + -like.
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