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小知识
Whether you're talking about your glee club or a powerful nation, the word democracy describes government based on participation of the people, either directly or through elected representatives.
Democracy traces back to the Greek words demos, meaning “people,” and kratia, meaning “power.” “People power” remains central to democracy, whether you're describing a country or a much smaller organization. If your glee club is run as a democracy, then everybody gets to vote on questions like what you're going to sing and what kind of outfits you’re going to wear. Because democracy assumes some idea of equality, it's often used to mean a just society, one in which everyone is treated equally.
常用短语
单词用法
词根词缀
词根: cracy
=rule,表示”统治或政体”
n.
bureaucracy 官僚政治bureau政府机构+cracy统治或政体→n.官僚政治
democracy 民主政治demo人民+cracy统治或政体→n.民主政治
mobocracy 暴民统治mobo暴民+cracy统治或政体→n.暴民统治
monocracy 独裁统治mono一个人+cracy统治或政体→n.独裁统治
plutocracy 富豪统治pluto财富+cracy统治或政体→n.富豪统治
theocracy 神权统治theo神+cracy统治或政体→n.神权统治
前缀: demo-
表示”人民”
adj.
democratic 民主的,民主主义的;民主政体的demo人民+crat统治+ic……的→人民统治的→民主主义的
demographic 人口统计的;人口的demo人民+graph写,图+ic的→用图表的方式写人民→统计人民的→人口统计的
n.
democracy 民主;民主政治,民主政体;民主主义demo人民+cracy统治→人民统治→人民做主
democrat 民主主义者demo人民+crat统治→[主张]人民统治[的人]→democrat
democratism 民主主义demo人民+crat统治+ism主义→人民统治的主义→民主主义
demography 人口统计学demo人民+graph写,图+y表名词,加在形容词或r结尾的单词后→人口统计学
demos 民众demo人民+s表复数”→n.民众
v.
democratize 民主化;使民主化demo人民+crat统治+ize……化→v.民主化;使民主化
同义词
constitutional / popular / government / republic / representative / commonwealth