名詞 republic:

1. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
   同義詞：democracy, commonwealth
2. a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch

1. Most republic have president as head of state.
   大多數(shù)共為國(guó)國(guó)家以總統(tǒng)為國(guó)家元首。
2. The People's Republic of China will be represented by the largest sports delegation ever sent abroad.
   中華人民共和國(guó)將派出一個(gè)規(guī)?？涨暗捏w育代表團(tuán)(參加這次運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì))。
3. After the founding of the People's Republic of China entered upon a new historical stage.
   人民共和國(guó)成立后，中國(guó)就進(jìn)入了一個(gè)新的歷史時(shí)期。
4. An official policy of racial segregation practiced in the Republic of South Africa, involving political, legal, and economic discrimination against nonwhites.
   種族隔離制南非共和國(guó)實(shí)行的一種官方的種族隔離政策，包括在政治、法律和經(jīng)濟(jì)諸方面對(duì)非白色人種的歧視

re.pub.lic

n.Abbr. rep.,Rep.,Repub.（名詞）縮寫(xiě) rep.,Rep.,Repub.

A political order whose head of state is not a monarch and in modern times is usually a president.
共和政體：一種國(guó)家首腦不是君主并在當(dāng)今社會(huì)通常為總統(tǒng)的政治體制
A nation that has such a political order.
共和國(guó)：具有該政治體制的國(guó)家

A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.
共和政體：一種最高權(quán)力掌握在有權(quán)投票選舉對(duì)其負(fù)責(zé)的官員和代表的室民團(tuán)體的政治體制
A nation that has such a political order.
共和國(guó)：具有該政治體制的國(guó)家
Often Republic A specific republican government of a nation:
常作 Republic 共和政府：某個(gè)國(guó)家的某一特定的共和政府：
例句：
the Fourth Republic of France.
法蘭西第四共和國(guó)

An autonomous or partially autonomous political and territorial unit belonging to a sovereign federation.
加盟共和國(guó)：一個(gè)屬于某一最高聯(lián)邦政府的且在政治上和領(lǐng)土上具有自治權(quán)或部分自治權(quán)的單位
A group of people working as equals in the same sphere or field:
團(tuán)體：在同一范圍或領(lǐng)域內(nèi)具有平等權(quán)利的一群人：
例句：
the republic of letters.
文學(xué)界

來(lái)源：
French république
法語(yǔ) république
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin rôspôblica
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) rôspôblica
rôs [thing] * see rô-
rôs [事物] *參見(jiàn) rô-
pôblica [feminine of] pôblicus [of the people] * see public
pôblica [] pôblicus的陰性詞 [人們的] *參見(jiàn) public