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

• His tough brand of social democracy was largely successful in holding the country together.
  他别具一格的强硬的社会民主主义在很大程度上成功地使该国团结在一起。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was making all the right noises about multi-party democracy and human rights.
  他假意支持多党民主和人权问题。
• 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。
• Political hopes for a swift and smooth transition to democracy have been dashed
  迅速而顺利地过渡到民主体制的政治希望破灭了。
• 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。
• Democracy is based on good will and mutual understanding.
  民主建立在善意和相互理解的基础上。
• The National League for Democracy pulled off a landslide victory
  全国民主联盟获得了压倒性的胜利。
• The House of Lords is the only bulwark of democracy in this country.
  在这个国家，上议院是唯一的民主堡垒。