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词汇 body-politic
释义 body politic
noun[ S ]
uk /ˌbɒd.i ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪk/ us /ˌbɑː.di ˈpɑː.lə.tɪk/pluralbodies politic
the people of a country, area, society, or group considered together as a single organized system, especially when this is being compared in some way to a human body: 政体
Politicians should tell the truth because lies corrupt the body politic.政治家应该说真话,因为谎言会腐蚀整个政体。
Throughout history, people have mutually agreed to form a community and set up a body politic.
Citizens should vote because voting is the glue that holds the body politic together.
The body politic is already sick beyond any judicial remedy, he declares.
If capital flow stops then the body politic of capitalist society dies.
The general promised to keep power for only as long as it took to cleanse the body politic.
The concept of a body politic dates back to medieval times.
This bill makes it clear that the council, as a body politic, has all the legal powers of an individual.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Politics - general words
anti-capitalism
anti-capitalist
anti-communism
anti-communist
anti-fascism
interpellate
interpellation
interventionist
lab
laissez-faire
Orwellian
overstep
parliament
party politics
personality cult
statesman
statesmanlike
stateswoman
subsidiarity
super-conservative

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Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
the body politic
noun[ S ]
 formaluk /ˌbɒd.i ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪk/ us /ˌbɑː.di ˈpɑː.lə.tɪk/
all the people of a particular country under a particular government国家;(被视为一个整体的)人民,民族
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Republics & kingdoms
banana republic
Camelot
commonwealth
crown
dominion
duchy
dukedom
earldom
emirate
kingdom
monarchy
principality
realm
republic
sheikhdom
sultanate
territorial
the citizenry
the Reich
Examples from literature

All the individual members of the body politic will thus live comfortably and well. 
He pronounced prejudice—whether religious, racial, patriotic, political—the destroyer of the body politic. 
The bonds which hold together the body politic are not sufficient. 
When, therefore, women entered formally into the body politic of these United States, they entered into a place of power already familiar to them in many of its activities. 
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