大家一起作主／人人平等
把『一個國家由人民作主』縮小到任何一群人身上：不是一個人說了算，而是大家一起拍板；再從『一起決定』延伸到『一視同仁』——既然每隻手等重，自然不論貧富出身，人人都當同等重要。
inclusive decision-making · adjective · B2
Run in a way that lets everyone in a group share in making the decisions.
大家作主的
核心畫面
You can hold democratic as a room where every hand counts the same: the people themselves decide, by voting, instead of one boss deciding for them. That picture — power resting in the many, each voice weighed equally — runs from a whole country choosing its leaders, down to a small club making decisions together, and out to the spirit of treating everyone as equal.
可以把 democratic 想成一個房間，裡面每一隻舉起的手分量都一樣重：由人民自己投票決定，而不是某個老大替大家…更多收起
可以把 democratic 想成一個房間，裡面每一隻舉起的手分量都一樣重：由人民自己投票決定，而不是某個老大替大家拍板。核心畫面比較像『權力落在多數人手上，每個聲音都等重』——這張畫面從整個國家票選領袖，一路縮到一個小社團一起做決定，再延伸成『把每個人都當成同等重要』的那種精神。From the word’s history
Ultimately from Greek 'dēmokratia' = 'dēmos' (the common people) + 'kratos' (rule, power): rule by the people. That root — power held by the many rather than one — sits under every sense.
最終源自希臘文 'dēmokratia'，由 'dēmos'（人民、平民）加 'kratos'（統治、權力）組成，意思是『由人民來治理』。這個根——權力握在多數人而非一人手裡——撐在每個意思的底下。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), entries 'democracy' / 'democratic'
From the picture
美國民主黨的（專名）
這一支不是從『人民作主』引申的比喻，而是一個專有名稱：美國某個政黨剛好取名叫 Democratic Party，於是 democratic 在這裡只是『屬於這個黨』的標籤，跟上面那層意思要分開看。
US Democratic Party · adjective · B2
Belonging to or supporting the Democratic Party, one of the two main political parties in the United States.
（美國）民主黨的
Also in this word
elected government · adjective · B2
Controlled by leaders that the people of a country choose by voting in elections.
民主的
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Democraticadj
- 1
governmentpoliticsOf, pertaining to, or supporting the Democratic Party of the United States.
- The most recent Democratic president of the United States is Joe Biden.
- The vote was 54-46. The vote was mostly along party lines though Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania joined Republicans in supporting Bondi.
democraticadj/ˌdɛməˈkɹætɪk/
- 1
Pertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people.
- The United States is a democratic country, as the citizens are allowed to choose leaders to represent their interests.
- [S]ome firie ſpirited men in the Miniſterie, got ſuch a guiding of the people at that time of confuſion, as finding the guſte of gouernment ſweete, they begouth to fantaſie to themſelues, a Democratick forme of gouernment: […] and after vſurping the libertie of the time in my long minoritie, ſetled themſelues ſo faſt vpon that imagined Democracie, as they fed themſelues with the hope to become Trbuni plebis: and ſo in a populare gouernment by leading the people by the noſe, to beare the ſway of all the rule.
- 2
Exhibiting social equality; egalitarian.
- "Oh, I hold with the framers of the Constitution, that all men are created free and equal; likewise, all boys and girls," said democratic Kitty; […]
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […] Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
democraticnoun/ˌdɛməˈkɹætɪk/
- 1
datedSynonym of democrat (“a supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France)”).
- This kingly government (as some call it) is a thing that our democraticks cannot brook: we are an undone people if we do not down with that.
- […] [Thomas] Fairfax was made general of all the forces both in England and Ireland; and Rainsbrough [i.e., Thomas Rainsborough], a leveller, and a violent head of the democraticks, high-admiral.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。