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ˌbody ˈpolitic noun [singular] formal
PGall the people in a nation forming a state under the control of a single government 政治实体;国家;〔被视为一个整体的〕民族
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body politic• It represented an extreme example of a theocracy - of a body politic organised essentially around religious principles.• The body politic may have undergone radical surgery and it may have aged considerably, but it has continued to endure.