democracy的意思

基本释义

• n 民主，民主制

  a system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials

例句

1. a return to democracy after 16 years of military rule

   16年军人统治后民主制度的恢复

2. Did democracy have its beginnings in Athens?

   民主制度是创始于雅典吗?

3. The majority rules in a democracy.

   民主国家一切听任多数人的意见裁决。

短语

• social democracy n. 社会主义；社会民主主义
• deliberative democracy 协商民主；审议民主；商议性民主
• liberal democracy 自由民主；自由民主主义；自由民主制（一种政府形式，由人民选出的民意代表行使决策权力）
• representative democracy 代议民主
• parliamentary democracy 议会民主制

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英英释义

noun 1. the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group Synonym: majority rule 2. the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives 3. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them Synonym: republiccommonwealth

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