名词

1. A true democracy allows free speech.
真正的民主国家允许言论自由。

2. The principal's democracy made him popular among teachers and students.
校长的民主作风使他受到师生的欢迎。

1. 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.

e.g. ...the spread of democracy in Eastern Europe.
民主制度在东欧的传播
e.g. ...the pro-democracy movement.
亲民主运动

2. 民主国家
A democracy is a country in which the people choose their government by voting for it.

e.g. The new democracies face tough challenges.
这些新兴的民主国家面临着严峻挑战。

3. 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.

e.g. ...the union's emphasis on industrial democracy.
该工会对工业民主的强调

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