English Dictionary

palace politics

名詞

慣用表現 不可算名詞

(idiomatic) The relationships and interactions of top-level officials, advisors and other powerbrokers within a government, especially as involving internal rivalry and intrigue.

日本語の意味

政府内の上級官僚、顧問、その他の影響力のある政治家・権力者が、内部抗争や陰謀を伴いながら、権力を巡って行う政治的な駆け引きや関係性 / 宮廷政治とも言われ、政府のトップ層における派閥争いや内部対立を含む政治の動きを指す

Her reform agenda faltered amid the palace politics that favored the old guard.

彼女の改革案は旧勢力を支持する政府上層部の権力闘争の中で頓挫した。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) The relationships and interactions of top-level officials, advisors and other powerbrokers within a government, especially as involving internal rivalry and intrigue.

[T]he palace at Delhi was known to have been a focus of discontent and intrigue for some time previous to the Revolt. The mode in which the Marquis of Dalhousie treated these matters, in his minute of 1856, has already been adverted to; but it may be well to repeat his words here, to shew the exact state of Delhi palace-politics at that time.