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　

Collins.4 / BNC.1981 / COCA.1502

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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

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

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

By common consent this election constituted a historic step on the road to democracy.
普遍认为这次选举是迈上民主之路的历史性一步。
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。
Aid to individual countries would be linked to progress towards democracy
对个别国家的援助会与其民主进程相挂钩。
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 said parliament and the process of democracy had been debased.
他说议会和民主程序已遭贬值。
In a democracy, power must be divided.
在民主政体中，权力必须分制。
They made multi-party democracy a precondition for giving aid.
他们把实施多党民主作为给予援助的前提。
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。
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。
Unintelligible legislation is the negation of the rule of law and of parliamentary democracy.
晦涩的法律法规有悖于法治和议会民主。