democracy

英 [dɪˈmɒkrəsi]

美 [dɪˈmɑːkrəsi]

n.  民主政体; 民主制度; 民主国家; 民主精神; 民主权利; 民主

复数：democracies　

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牛津词典

noun

• 民主政体；民主制度
  a system of government in which all the people of a country can vote to elect their representatives
  1. parliamentary democracy
     议会民主
  2. the principles of democracy
     民主原则
• 民主国家
  a country which has this system of government
  1. Western democracies
     西方民主国家
  2. I thought we were supposed to be living in a democracy.
     我还以为我们应该是生活在一个民主国家里。
• 民主精神；民主权利；民主
  fair and equal treatment of everyone in an organization, etc., and their right to take part in making decisions
  1. the fight for justice and democracy
     为正义和民主的斗争

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 民主;民主制度;民主政体
  Democracyis a system of government in which people choose their rulers by voting for them in elections.
  1. ...the spread of democracy in Eastern Europe.
     民主制度在东欧的传播
  2. ...the pro-democracy movement.
     亲民主运动
• N-COUNT 民主国家
  Ademocracyis a country in which the people choose their government by voting for it.
  1. The new democracies face tough challenges.
     这些新兴的民主国家面临着严峻挑战。
• N-UNCOUNT 民主管理制度;民主作风
  Democracyis a system of running organizations, businesses, and groups in which each member is entitled to vote and take part in decisions.
  1. ...the union's emphasis on industrial democracy.
     该工会对工业民主的强调

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• Democracy might elevate the common man to a position of political superiority
  民主也许能提升普通人的政治地位，让他们产生优越感。
• He said he had been bitterly disillusioned by his country's failure to change into a democracy.
  他说他对他的国家未能实现民主变革极度失望。
• The government has cracked down hard on those campaigning for greater democracy
  政府严厉镇压了那些发起运动争取更广泛民主的人士。
• Some of his ideas about democracy are entirely his own.
  他关于民主的一些观点完全是他自己的创见。
• In a new democracy, it is no bad thing to master the art of compromise
  在新的民主国家，掌握妥协这门艺术不是件坏事。
• The implication seems to be that it is impossible to pursue economic reform and democracy simultaneously
  言外之意似乎是经济改革和民主化进程是不可能同时进行的。
• In the Greek general election, the New Democracy party has claimed victory.
  新民主党在希腊大选中获胜。
• The paper says the President's move has called into question the whole basis of democracy in the country
  报纸上说，总统的做法让人们对国家民主制度的整个基础提出了质疑。
• Democracy survived the Civil War and the developing industrial leviathan and struggled on into the twentieth century.
  民主经历了内战和庞大工业体系的逐渐兴起仍然幸存了下来，并且艰难挺进了20世纪。
• He has shown a great deal of courage in sticking up for democracy and civil liberties.
  他在捍卫民主和公民自由上表现出巨大的勇气。