republican

英 [r?'p?bl?k(?)n] 美[r?'p?bl?k?n]

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復(fù)數(shù):?republicans;

republican 共和主義者

來自 republic,共和。

republican (adj.): 1712, "belonging to a republic, of the nature of a republic, consonant to the principles of a republic," from republic + -an. The French republican calendar was in use from Nov. 26, 1793 to Dec. 31, 1805.
republican (n.): "one who favors a republic or republican principles" (or, as Johnson puts it, "One who thinks a commonwealth without monarchy the best government"), 1690s; see from republican (adj.). With capital R-, in reference to a member of a specific U.S. political party (the Anti-Federalists) from 1782, though this was not the ancestor of the modern U.S. Republican Party, which dates from 1854.

1. Amy's own Republican sympathies strengthened as the days passed.: 埃米個人對共和黨的支持與日俱增。

2. "I'll get the Republican nomination," he assured me. "It's in the bag.": “我會得到共和黨提名的，”他向我保證，“這是十拿九穩(wěn)的事。”

3. Republican strategists are taking particular aim at Democratic senators.: 共和黨的戰(zhàn)略家正尖銳地攻擊民主黨的參議員。

4. Republican leaders called him a disgrace to the party.: 共和黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人稱他是全黨的恥辱。

5. Yet it is feared the Republican leadership could split over the agreement.: 但有人擔心，共和黨的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層可能會在該協(xié)議上出現(xiàn)意見分歧。