democracy
n. 民主(制度); 民主國家
Democracy is a system of government in which people choose their rulers by voting for them in elections.
...the spread of democracy in Eastern Europe.
民主制度在東歐的傳播
...the pro-democracy movement.
親民主運動
A democracy is a country in which the people choose their government by voting for it.
The new democracies face tough challenges.
這些新興的民主國家面臨著嚴峻挑戰。
Democracy is a system of running organizations, businesses, and groups in which each member is entitled to vote and take part in decisions.
...the union's emphasis on industrial democracy.
該工會對工業民主的強調
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
Progress toward democracy has to be made in steps , rather than a sudden leap.
必須逐步地實行民主化, 不可操之過急.
We tore from them the mask of democracy.
我們撕下了他們民主的假面具.
He portrayed himself as a champion for democracy.
他把自己描繪成民主鬥士.
He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.
他不相信民主會帶來什麼好處.
In cities people talked about science and democracy, but feudalism flourished on the land.
在城裡,人們高談科學和民主, 可是在農村,封建主義仍然在泛濫.