people's republic

短语

人民共和国

发音

US

词形变化

people's republics 复数 people's republics

别名

People's Republic

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A self-designation of states with Marxist–Leninist governments.

    人民共和国

  2. 2.

    A particular area with strong, left-leaning tendencies, especially one with a certain level of autonomy.

    幽默
  3. 3.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see people, 's, republic.

词源

Calque of Russian народная республика (narodnaja respublika) (from народный (narodnyj) + республика (respublika) “people's republic, popular republic, national republic”), coined in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Attested in English from 1918.

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