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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

republic

/ri-puhb-lik/US // rɪˈpʌb lɪk //UK // (rɪˈpʌblɪk) //

共和国,共和,共和制,共和党

Related Words

commonwealth英联邦,联邦,英格兰,联邦政府self-government自治,自治权,自治区,自我管理state国家,国家的,国家的情况democracy民主,民主政治,民主制度,民主制representative government代议制政府,代表性政府,代议政府,代议制的政府

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
    • : any body of persons viewed as a commonwealth.
    • : a state in which the head of government is not a monarch or other hereditary head of state.
    • : any of the five periods of republican government in France.Compare First Republic, Second Republic, Third Republic, Fourth Republic, Fifth Republic.
    • : a philosophical dialogue by Plato dealing with the composition and structure of the ideal state.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundemocracy
Synonyms
commonwealth英联邦,联邦,英格兰,联邦政府self-government自治,自治权,自治区,自我管理constitutional government宪法政府,宪政,立宪政府democratic state民主国家,民主的国家,民主国,民族国家representative government代议制政府,代表性政府,代议政府,代议制的政府
nounnation
Synonyms
commonwealth英联邦,联邦,英格兰,联邦政府democracy民主,民主政治,民主制度,民主制state国家,国家的,国家的情况

Examples

  • “I think engaged citizens are good for the republic,” he said.

  • Last night’s “presidential debate”—less debate than headache, and far from presidential—set a high-water mark for the division that threatens to drown this pandemic-wracked republic.

  • In the early years of the republic, the Senate overrepresented the slower-growing South, and many political battles were fought over the admission of new states that could shift the balance between North and South.

  • It’s the only way to honor those we have lost, to uphold the ideals this country is supposed to rest on, and to build a stronger, fairer republic for everyone.

  • At times it appears they are trying to turn the United States into a banana republic or the next Belarus.

  • An examination of the complicated history of America and its movies in the Republic of Korea.

  • The Second Republic was also considered the another golden age for Korean Cinema.

  • To the Republic of Korea and United States military personnel stationed in the JSA, it is known as Propaganda Village.

  • Not so lucky are the editors and writers at The New Republic.

  • A hard look at campus rape statistics, the collapse of The New Republic and the day John Lennon died.

  • Gallinas, the noted slave factory on the west of Africa, purchased by the Liberian republic.

  • Enchanted with the golden period of the Grecian republic, I passed over the storms by which it had been agitated.

  • Recognition of the Philippine Republic as soon as the difficulties with America should be overcome.

  • Recognition of a Philippine Republic would have been in direct opposition to the spirit of the treaty of peace.

  • The time had been when the proclamation of a republic would have filled her soul with inexpressible joy.

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