democracy

英 [dɪ'mɒkrəsi] 美 [dɪ'mɑːkrəsi]

• n. 民主国家；民主；民主制

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]民主,民主制

   system of government by the whole people of a country

2. [C]民主国家

   a country governed by its people or their representatives

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 民主政府，民主国家，民主团体
2. 民主政治，民主政体
3. 民主，民主主义
4. 民众
5. 民主精神，民主作风
6. （美国）民主党，民主党人
7. （美国）民主党的政策和主义

英英释义

Noun:

1. the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives

2. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

3. the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Greece must have a system if it is to become a self supporting and self respecting democracy.
   要想成为一个自立、自尊的民主国家，希腊必须有一个健全的体制。
2. The election demonstrates democracy in action.
   这次选举是以实际行动体现了民主。
3. Democracy is a bulwark of freedom.
   民主是自由的保障。
4. The military government promised to restore democracy within one year.
   军人政府答应在一年内重新建立民主体制。
5. They've grown rather cynical about democracy.
   他们逐渐感到所谓民主制度也不过如此。
6. Did democracy have its beginnings in Athens?
   民主制度是创始於雅典吗？

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Did democracy have its beginnings in Athens?
   民主制度是创始于雅典吗?
2. The majority rules in a democracy.
   民主国家一切听任多数人的意见裁决。

经典引文

• An age of transition from aristocracy to democracy, from authority to mass-judgement.

  出自： G. M. Trevelyan

• The Labour Party..rank and file were ready to defend the unions to death as a vital expression of democracy.

  出自： B. Castle

词汇搭配

• social democracy 社会民主主义...
• mass democracy [法] 大民主
• participatory democracy 参与决策的民主, 分...
• economic democracy 经济民主
• information democracy 信息民主

词源解说

• ☆ 1570年左右进入英语，直接源自中古法语的democratie，意为民主。

近反义词

【近义词】

• republic

【反义词】

• despotic 专横的
• tyrannical 暴虐的
• autocratic 独裁的