a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch 共和国 ■(archaic, figurative)a community or group with a certain equality between its members (古,喻)(成员具有平等权利的)团体,界
语源
late 16th cent.: from French république, from Latin respublica, from res 'concern' + publicus 'of the people, public'