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a system of government in which the people of a country can vote to elect their representatives 民主；民主政體；民主制度 parliamentary democracy 議會民主 the principles of democracy 民主原則
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsb2a pro-democracy demonstration in the capital 在首都舉行的支持民主的示威 the need to overcome political apathy and advance on the road to democracy 克服政界的淡漠以及推動民主進程的需要
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- genuine
- real
- true
- …
- believe in
- promote
- support
- …
- in a/the democracy
- the road to democracy
- the spread of democracy
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a country that has this system of government 民主國家 Western democracies 西方民主國家 I thought we were supposed to be living in a democracy. 我還以爲我們應該是生活在一個民主國家裏。 We live in a multi-party democracy. 我們生活在一個多黨制民主國家。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- genuine
- real
- true
- …
- believe in
- promote
- support
- …
- in a/the democracy
- the road to democracy
- the spread of democracy
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fair and equal treatment of everyone in an organization, etc., and their right to take part in making decisions 民主精神；民主權利；民主 the fight for justice and democracy 爲正義和民主的鬥爭 people who believe in true democracy 相信有真正民主的人們
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- genuine
- real
- true
- …
- believe in
- promote
- support
- …
- in a/the democracy
- the road to democracy
- the spread of democracy
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French démocratie, via late Latin from Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos ‘the people’ + -kratia ‘power, rule’.