...politicians who would sell their soul for the sake of office.是什么意思？

...politicians who would sell their soul for the sake of office.

为了谋求官位而不择手段的政客

politicians

n. 政治家( politician的名词复数 )，政客，玩弄权术者；

例句
I am sick of all the quarrelling among politicians who should be concentrating on vital issues.
我厌恶政客间的所有那些争吵，他们本应把注意力集中在重大问题上。

who

pron. 谁，什么人，关系代词，有先行词，孰；

例句
The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848.
法国末代国王是1848年逊位的路易·菲力普。

would

aux. 将，将要，愿意，会，打算，大概；v. (will 的过去式，用于转述)将；

例句
I would love to go abroad this year, perhaps to the South of France.
我今年很想出国，可能是去法国南部。

sell

vt.& vi. 卖，售，使好卖，使接受，使赞成，销售；vt. 经销，推销，出卖，欺骗；n. 销售，欺骗，失望，推销术；vi. 卖，出售，受欢迎，有销路；

例句
If the firm cannot sell its products, it will go bankrupt...
如果公司的产品卖不出去，它就会倒闭。

their

pron. 他（她，它）们的，在提及性别不详的人时，用以代替 him 或 her；

例句
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
他们对孩子的放任折射出他们自身生活的放浪形骸。

soul

n. 灵魂，精神，幽灵，人；adj. 美国黑人文化的；

例句
Although he was twice as old as us, he became the life and soul of the company.
虽然他的年纪是我们的两倍，但他却成为了公司的灵魂人物。

for

prep. 为，为了，倾向于，关于，当作；conj. 因为，由于；

例句
I've come looking for a bit of advice.
我特来讨教。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

sake

n. 缘故，理由，日本米酒，目的；

例句
They expressed the hope that he would pursue a neutral and balanced policy for the sake of national concord.
他们希望，为了国家的和谐，他会奉行中立、不偏不倚的政策。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

office

n. 办公室，办公楼，问询处，重要官

例句
The Colonial Office was absorbed into the Foreign Office.
殖民部被并入了外交部。