people's republic

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Self-designation of A state with a Marxist-Leninist government.
    — The Ukrainian People’s Republic brings the following to the knowledge of all belligerents: The Central Rada, on Nov. 20, proclaimed a People’s Republic
  2. A particular area with strong, left-leaning tendencies, especially one with a certain level of autonomy. capitalized,humorous,usually
    — Remember, this study was conducted in Massachusetts, in the politically liberal climate of the “People's Republic of Cambridge,” where parents strive almost as hard to create racially nonbiased behavior in their children as they do to get them into the proper school.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see people, 's, republic.

词形变化

people's republics plural People's Republic alternative

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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