democracy
/dɪˈmɒkrəsɪ/noun
(pl.-ies)［mass noun］
1- a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives民主主义, 民主制度：
a capitalist system of parliamentary democracy.
资本主义的议会民主制度。
1.1
- count noun a state governed in such a way民主制国家：
a multiparty democracy.
多党制民主国家。
1.2
- control of an organization or group by the majority of its members民主：
the intended extension of industrial democracy.
扩展工业民主的意向。
1.3
- the practice or principles of social equality民主作风, 民主原则：
demands for greater democracy.
对更高水平的民主作风的要求。
词源
late 16th cent.: from French démocratie, via late Latin from Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos 'the people'+-kratia 'power， rule'.