What is a republic?

republic: [ ri\'pʌblik ]

n. 共和国,共和政体

例句与用法:
1. An official policy of racial segregation practiced in the Republic of South Africa, involving political, legal, and economic discrimination against nonwhites.
种族隔离制南非共和国实行的一种官方的种族隔离政策，包括在政治、法律和经济诸方面对非白色人种的歧视

2. After the founding of the People\'s Republic of China entered upon a new historical stage.
人民共和国成立后，中国就进入了一个新的历史时期。

3. The People\'s Republic of China will be represented by the largest sports delegation ever sent abroad.
中华人民共和国将派出一个规模空前的体育代表团（参加这次运动会）。

4. Most republic have president as head of state.
大多数共为国国家以总统为国家元首。

英英解释:
名词republic:

1. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
同义词：democracy, commonwealth

2. a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch

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