democracy

noun

1. 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
2. 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。
3. 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

1. N-UNCOUNT 民主;民主制度;民主政体
   Democracy is 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
2. N-COUNT 民主国家
   A democracy is 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。
3. N-UNCOUNT 民主管理制度;民主作风
   Democracy is 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

1. In the Greek general election, the New Democracy party has claimed victory.
   新民主党在希腊大选中获胜。
2. The House of Lords is the only bulwark of democracy in this country.
   在这个国家，上议院是唯一的民主堡垒。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. The government has cracked down hard on those campaigning for greater democracy
   政府严厉镇压了那些发起运动争取更广泛民主的人士。
6. He said parliament and the process of democracy had been debased.
   他说议会和民主程序已遭贬值。
7. The new democracies face tough challenges.
   这些新兴的民主国家面临着严峻挑战。
8. He said he had been bitterly disillusioned by his country's failure to change into a democracy.
   他说他对他的国家未能实现民主变革极度失望。
9. The Church in Haiti has played an important role in the drive towards democracy.
   海地的教会在争取民主的运动中扮演了重要的角色。
10. Some of his ideas about democracy are entirely his own.
    他关于民主的一些观点完全是他自己的创见。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. He was making all the right noises about multi-party democracy and human rights.
    他假意支持多党民主和人权问题。
15. Japanese democracy is certainly different from ours
    日本的民主制度无疑与我们的不同。
16. His government has pledged to move the country towards a plural democracy.
    他的政府已承诺要推动本国朝着多元民主的方向发展。
17. In a democracy, power must be divided.
    在民主政体中，权力必须分制。
18. 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。
19. The National League for Democracy pulled off a landslide victory
    全国民主联盟获得了压倒性的胜利。
20. The implication seems to be that it is impossible to pursue economic reform and democracy simultaneously
    言外之意似乎是经济改革和民主化进程是不可能同时进行的。
21. The paper says the President's move has called into question the whole basis of democracy in the country
    报纸上说，总统的做法让人们对国家民主制度的整个基础提出了质疑。
22. Democracy is incompatible with excessive, bureaucratic regimentation of social life.
    受到过度的、官僚化的管制的社会生活中不存在民主。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. In a new democracy, it is no bad thing to master the art of compromise
    在新的民主国家，掌握妥协这门艺术不是件坏事。
26. His tough brand of social democracy was largely successful in holding the country together.
    他别具一格的强硬的社会民主主义在很大程度上成功地使该国团结在一起。
27. The transition to a multi-party democracy is proving to be difficult.
    事实证明，向多党民主制的转型非常艰难。
28. Democracy is based on good will and mutual understanding.
    民主建立在善意和相互理解的基础上。
29. We tore from them the mask of democracy.
    我们撕下了他们民主的假面具。
30. He has reaffirmed his faith in democracy.
    他再次重申了自己的民主信仰。

noun

1. the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group

   Synonym:    majority rule

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

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

   Synonym:    republiccommonwealth