名词

1. 共和国;共和政体
A republic is a country where power is held by the people or the representatives that they elect. Republics have presidents who are elected, rather than kings or queens.

1. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

Synonym: democracycommonwealth

2. a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch

e.g. the head of state in a republic is usually a president