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Democratize Countries Make System Governments Democratic Democratization 英

英语单词 democratize
英美音标 英 [dɪ'mɒkrətaɪz] 美 [dɪ'mɑːkrətaɪz]
中文释义 vt.使民主化
英语例句 (1) In the end, countries cannot democratize others.
(2) He foresaw frustration in this drive to democratize other lands.
中文例句 (1) 最后,一个国家不可能民主化别的国家。
(2) 他预见到了在其它土地上进行民主化的努力将遭受挫折。
vocabulary简明 To democratize is to make an organization more democratic, supporting a system in which all citizens have a voice or a vote. When you democratize your school French club, you allow every member to vote on each decision.
vocabulary扩展 You'll most often see the verb democratize in the context of world politics, when countries that have historically not been democracies change their governments to be more democratic. In many cases, other countries, such as the US, try to influence such governments to make this change: they democratize them, in other words. The word democratize comes from the Greek root demokratia, "popular government," from demos, "common people," and kratos, "rule."
柯林斯解释
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 democratise
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[VERB 动词](使)(国家或制度)民主化 If a country or a system is democratized, it is made democratic.
  [V n]
  [JOURNALISM 新闻]
  • ...a further need to democratize the life of society as a whole...

    进一步从整体上加强社会生活民主化的需要

  • When he left his native country, he said he would not return until it had been fully democratised.

    离开祖国时,他说直到国家完全实现民主化后他才会回来。

democratization
  • ...the democratisation of Eastern Europe.

    东欧的民主化

  • ...the democratization process.

    民主化进程

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