republic

英[r?'p?bl?k] 美[r?'p?bl?k]

反義詞monarchy

復(fù)數(shù):?republics;

republic 共和，共和國，共和國政體

來自中古法語 republique,來自拉丁語 respublica,來自 res publica,公共財(cái)富，公共事務(wù)，公共利益，來自 res,事情，事物，詞源同 real,reality,publica,公共的，詞源同 public.后引申詞義共和國，共和國政體。

republic: republic: [17] Latin rēspublica meant literally a ‘public matter’. It was a compound noun formed from rēs ‘thing, matter’ (source of English real) and publicus ‘public’ (source of English public). It was used as a term for the ‘state’ as governed by its people, and it was first taken over in English in the sense ‘state governed by elected representatives of the people, rather than by a king’ in the first decade of the 17th century.
=> public, real
republic (n.): c. 1600, "state in which supreme power rests in the people via elected representatives," from Middle French république (15c.), from Latin respublica (ablative republica) "the common weal, a commonwealth, state, republic," literally res publica "public interest, the state," from res "affair, matter, thing" + publica, fem. of publicus "public" (see public (adj.)). Republic of letters attested from 1702.

1. The Estonian parliament has passed a resolution declaring the republic fully independent.: 愛沙尼亞議會(huì)已經(jīng)通過了宣布共和國完全獨(dú)立的決議。

2. The parliament described the decree as interference in the republic's internal affairs.: 議會(huì)形容此法令為對共和國內(nèi)政的干涉。

3. The republic is a melting pot of different nationalities.: 這個(gè)共和國是多民族的大熔爐。

4. The Republic was proclaimed in public with great ceremony.: 共和國在公開場合非常隆重地宣布成立。

5. Her private jet landed in the republic on the way to Japan.: 她的私人噴氣式飛機(jī)在前往日本的途中降落在該共和國境內(nèi)。