de‧moc‧ra‧cy W2 / dɪmɒkrəsi $ dɪmɑ- / 名词 ( 复数形式 democracies )

1 [不可数名词] a system of government in which every citizen in the country can vote to elect its government officials :

a return to democracy after 16 years of military rule

2 [可数名词] a country that has a government which has been elected by the people of the country :

a parliamentary democracy

Western democracies

3 [不可数名词] a situation or system in which everyone is equal and has the right to vote, make decisions etc → democratic :

democracy within the trade unions

COLLOCATIONS

形容词

a parliamentary democracy (= one with an elected parliament ) Britain is a parliamentary democracy.

a multiparty democracy (= with a number of political parties ) It is one of the few countries in the area that is a true multiparty democracy.

a Western democracy The sanctions are supported by all the major Western democracies.

a new democracy They are facing many of the same problems that all new democracies experience.

an emerging/fledgling democracy (= new ) the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe

THESAURUS

government [可数和不可数名词] the group of people who govern a country or the system they use to govern it : The French government did not sign the agreement. | a democratic system of government

administration [可数名词] the government of a country, especially one such as the US, which is led by a president : the Kennedy administration | the problems left by the previous adminstration

regime [可数名词] a government, especially one that was not elected fairly or that you disapprove of : Most people opposed the apartheid regime.

the executive [单数形式] the part of the government that makes sure that laws and decisions work well : the separation of powers between the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary

democracy [可数和不可数名词] a political system in which everyone can vote to choose the government, or a country that has this system : The transition to democracy has not been easy. | In a democracy, people have freedom of speech.

republic [可数名词] a country that has an elected government, and is led by a president, not a king or queen : Mauritius became a republic in 1992.

monarchy [可数和不可数名词] / mɒnəki $ mɑnərki / the system of having a king or queen as the head of state, or a country that has this system : Some monarchies have elected governments. | controversy about the institution of monarchy