democracy

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democracy 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 民主政治, 民主主义

[法] 民主, 民主政治, 民主政体

英文释义

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

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

democracy 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 democracy 在自然语境里怎么用：

Then again, they did their work after the war, when democracy seemed to be winning the day.

—— Masterpieces of the New Deal

But that really strikes at the heart of our democracy.

—— The Internet’s Favorite Lawyer Says We’re Living Through ‘Multiple Watergates per Week’

If we want an image of democracy that’s an aesthetic, we can look to the latest Oscar winner, One Battle After Another.

—— Cass Sunstein: “To attribute social terribleness to liberalism is reckless. Liberalism isn’t a force in history. It’s not Voldemort”

It’s the scene that connects with what happened in Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, and it’s a plea for democracy.

—— Cass Sunstein: “To attribute social terribleness to liberalism is reckless. Liberalism isn’t a force in history. It’s not Voldemort”

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