| 单词 | republic |
| 释义 | republic (once / 97 pages) n If you live in a republic, then you live in a country with a leader freely and democratically elected by the people, as opposed to a dictatorship or monarchy. Ancient Rome, before it started declining and falling all over the place, was a republic, and so is the United States. Republics have what are termed "republican" forms of government — not to be confused with Republican-with-a-big-R, as in the American political party. If you live in a "Banana Republic" you probably live in a tiny Caribbean island run by a dictator. Or you're spending too much time at the mall. WORD FAMILYrepublic: republican, republics+/republican: republicanism, republicanly, republicans/republicanism: republicanisms USAGE EXAMPLESSpecial Operations forces are in the Baltics to deter any Russian efforts to destabilize the former Soviet republics. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The nascent republic soon shattered and Yuan crowned himself emperor. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) France beat Germany in Group A's other fixture, with USA, Spain, Australia and the Czech Republic completing the line-up in Group B. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch the head of state in a republic is usually a president Exp|Hyper Roman Republic the ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC; was governed by an elected Senate but dissatisfaction with the Senate led to civil wars that culminated in a brief dictatorship by Julius Caesar form of government, political system the members of a social organization who are in power 2n a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them Syn|Hypo|Hyper commonwealth, democracy Weimar Republic the German republic founded at Weimar in 1919 parliamentary democracya democracy having a parliament form of government, political system the members of a social organization who are in power |
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