republic

noun

/rɪˈpʌblɪk/

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单词	republic
释义	republic noun /rɪˈpʌblɪk/ /rɪˈpʌblɪk/ jump to other results a country that is governed by a president and politicians elected by the people and where there is no king or queen newly independent republics Mary McAleese has been the President of the Republic of Ireland since 1997. see also banana republic compare monarchy Extra Examples They have declared themselves an independent democratic republic. a constitutional republic based on the principles of democracy the People's Republic of China the breakaway republics of the former Soviet empire the former Yugoslav republics the year that Guyana became a socialist republic There have been protests in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. There were several small autonomous republics within the Russian Federation. There will be elections in the Czech Republic next month. Topics Politicsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective new young former … verb + republic become build create … See full entry Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French république, from Latin respublica, from res ‘concern’ + publicus ‘of the people, public’.
随便看	well attended well balanced well behaved well-being well born well bred well-bred well built well-built well connected well-connected well cut well-cut well defined well-defined well developed well-developed well disposed well-disposed well documented well done well-done well dressed well-dressed well-dressing