republic

n. 共和国；共和政体

中文词源

republic 共和，共和国，共和国政体

来自中古法语 republique,来自拉丁语 respublica,来自 res publica,公共财富，公共事务，公共利益，来自 res,事情，事物，词源同 real,reality,publica,公共的，词源同 public.后引申词义共和国，共和国政体。

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.: 爱沙尼亚议会已经通过了宣布共和国完全独立的决议。

2. The parliament described the decree as interference in the republic's internal affairs.: 议会形容此法令为对共和国内政的干涉。

3. The republic is a melting pot of different nationalities.: 这个共和国是多民族的大熔炉。

4. The Republic was proclaimed in public with great ceremony.: 共和国在公开场合非常隆重地宣布成立。

5. Her private jet landed in the republic on the way to Japan.: 她的私人喷气式飞机在前往日本的途中降落在该共和国境内。