Barker's comments on Germany betrayed a woeful ignorance of history and recent politics.巴克评论德国的那番话暴露了他对历史和时政的极度无知。They tried to keep/remain/stand aloof from the politics of the day.他们努力避开时政。You have to be pretty with it if you want to talk to them about politics.如果想和他们谈论政治，你必须十分了解时政。