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a system of government in which the people of a country can vote to elect their representatives 民主；民主政体；民主制度 parliamentary democracy 议会民主 the principles of democracy 民主原则
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsb2a pro-democracy demonstration in the capital 在首都举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动民主进程的需要
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 民主国家 Western democracies 西方民主国家 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。 We live in a multi-party democracy. 我们生活在一个多党制民主国家。
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；民主权利；民主 the fight for justice and democracy 为正义和民主的斗争 people who believe in true democracy 相信有真正民主的人们
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’.