- 1nC1/rɪˈpʌblɪk/共和國
A country where the people choose their leaders, and the head of state is a president, not a king or queen.
A country一個國家， where the people choose their leaders,人民自己選出領導人， and the head of state is a president,而且國家元首是總統， not a king or queen而不是國王或女王
示範例句 · Example
France is a republic, so it has a president, not a king.
逐字法國是一個共和國，所以它有一位總統，而不是一位國王。
republic 指「人民選出自己的領導人、由總統當國家元首」的國家，跟由國王或女王統治的 monarchy（君主國）相對。重點在「最高的位子不是世襲的，而是選出來的」。字根跟拉丁文的『公眾的事』有關——可以想成「國家是大家的事，不是某一家人的」。
常見搭配
democratic republic
民主共和國
a republic where people vote for their leaders
They founded a democratic republic.
become a republic
成為共和國
to change into a country led by a president
The nation voted to become a republic.
the Republic of ...
…共和國（正式國名）
the official name of a republic country
the Republic of Korea
core核心畫面
You can picture a country run as a shared public matter rather than one person's property — the people choose who leads, and at the top sits a president, not a king or queen who inherited the throne.
From the word’s history
Republic is from Latin res publica, literally 'the public thing/affair' — res 'thing, affair' plus publica 'public'. Rome used it for the state seen as everyone's shared concern rather than a king's possession, which is exactly the modern core.
republic 來自拉丁文 res publica，字面是「公共的事物」——res（事物、事務）加上 publica（公共的）。羅馬人用它指「把國家看成大家共同的事」，而不是國王的私有財產，這正好就是今天的核心意思。
etymonline.com/word/republic (Latin res publica 'public affair'; res 'thing' + publica 'public')
容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。
原始詞典資料12 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。
Republicname
- 1
A small city in Republic County, Kansas, United States.
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An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Marquette County, Michigan, United States.
- 3
A city in Christian County and Greene County, Missouri, United States.
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A village in Seneca County, Ohio, United States.
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An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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A small city, the county seat of Ferry County, Washington, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
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The Roman Republic.
- The general adoption of the system for all free men came towards the end of the Republic.
republicnoun/ɹɪˈpʌb.lɪk/
- 1
A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
- The United States is a republic; Norway is a constitutional monarchy.
- Perhaps the great charm of a republic to the young mind is, the career which it seems to lay open to all, and whose success depends upon personal gifts; while their exercise seems more independent when devoted to the people rather than to the monarch.
- 2
archaicA state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate.
- Republicanism is the political principle of the separation of the executive power (the administration) from the legislative; despotism is that of the autonomous execution by the state of laws which it has itself decreed.[…]Therefore, we can say: the smaller the personnel of the government (the smaller the number of rulers), the greater is their representation and the more nearly the constitution approaches to the possibility of republicanism; thus the constitution may be expected by gradual reform finally to raise itself to republicanism[…]. None of the ancient so-called "republics" knew this system, and they all finally and inevitably degenerated into despotism under the sovereignty of one, which is the most bearable of all forms of despotism.
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One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.
- The Republic of Udmurtia is west of the Permian Oblast.
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One of the subdivisions that made up the former Yugoslavia.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。