喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˈdeməkræt/民主主義者；擁護民主的人

    Someone who believes in democracy, or who works to make a country more democratic.

    示範例句 · Example

    My grandfather was a lifelong democrat who believed everyone's vote matters.

    逐字我的祖父是一位一生的民主主義者，他相信每個人的一票都重要。

    「democrat」（小寫 d）指「相信民主、支持人民自己作主的人」，不一定屬於任何政黨。可以想成 democracy（民主）＋ -crat（抱持某種立場的人），也就是「站在民主這一邊的人」。要注意：美國大寫的 Democrat 才是指「民主黨黨員」，跟這個一般意思不一樣。

    常見搭配

    • a lifelong democrat

      一生擁護民主的人

      someone who has believed in democracy all their life

      She was a lifelong democrat who never missed an election.

    • a social democrat

      社會民主主義者

      someone who supports democracy together with fair social help

      As a social democrat, he wanted both free elections and good schools for all.

    • a true democrat

      真正的民主主義者

      someone who really believes in and practises democracy

      A true democrat accepts the result even after losing.

    • a committed democrat

      堅定的民主主義者

      someone strongly devoted to democracy

      The writer was a committed democrat all through the hard years.

    意思相近

    liberalegalitarian

    用法接近

    reformerliberal

    意思相反

    autocratdictatortyrant

core核心畫面

You can picture a democrat as someone who trusts the people to decide together — who believes power should rise from the crowd's own vote, not sit in one ruler's hands. Give them a country, and they push it toward everyone having a say.

可以想成：democrat 是一個相信「事情該由眾人一起決定」的人——在他眼裡，權力該從人民的選票裡長出來，而不是握在單一統治者手中。把一個國家交給他，他會往「人人都有發言權」的方向推。

同家族的字

複數 democrats

意思相近

liberalegalitarian

用法接近

reformerliberal

意思相反

autocratdictatortyrant

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Democratnoun

  • 1

    governmentpoliticsA member or supporter of a democratic party.

  • 2

    governmentpoliticsA member or supporter of the Democratic Party in the United States.

    • At one point in the debate, the moderator asked a tough question that had the candidates stumped. Moderator: "This question is for both of the candidates. Those ever-important independent voters who haven’t decided who to vote for would like to know what the real differences between you two are." Gore: "I think the real difference between Governor Bush and I is that he is in fact a Republican, and I am currently a Democrat." Moderator: "That doesn’t really answer the question, I am talking about issues." Bush: "No, he is right. I am a Republican, and he is a Democrat."
    • “Over the years, Democrats and Republicans have had policy differences, but this is way more than a policy difference. This is them dismantling government without the consent of the people,” Bonamici said. “This is not normal. Nothing feels normal right now.” […] A video filmed and shared on the social media site Bluesky by Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost, also a Democrat, shows Hairfield outside the building and several officers from the federal Department of Homeland Security behind the doors, labeled “All Access Entrance.”

Democratadj

  • 1

    derogatorygovernmentpoliticsOf or belonging to the Democratic Party in the United States.

democratnoun/ˈdɛməkɹæt/

  • 1

    A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).

    • The democrats now have majority control in almost all areas except the Islands District Council, where they won seven seats, and the pro-Beijing camp obtained 11 seats.
  • 2

    Someone who rules a representative democracy.

    • Democrats have to please a large segment of the voting public and will be punished if they fail to provide public goods […] . In the case of autocrats, however, they have to please a small minority of the governing power elite […] who will punish them if they fail to dedicate the public purse to their private enrichment.
  • 3

    historicalA large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats.

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