A polity is a people organised as a political whole — a country, a city-state, sometimes a church with its own rules of who decides. Scholars use it when they want the shape of the organisation, not the daily fighting.

A polity是polity(政體、政治共同體) is a people organised as a political whole是組織成一個政治整體的一群人 a country, a city-state像一個國家、一個城邦 sometimes a church with its own rules of who decides有時候也指有自己一套誰來決定規則的教會 Scholars use it學者用這個字 when they want the shape of the organisation是為了講組織的形態 not the daily fighting而不是每天的鬥爭

You can mean the form ('a democratic polity') or the organised community itself ('the polity'). It is a textbook and classroom word; almost nobody says it at dinner.

You can mean the form ('a democratic polity')你可以指形式,像'a democratic polity'(民主政體) or the organised community itself ('the polity')或指那個有組織的共同體本身,像'the polity' It is a textbook and classroom word這是一個教科書和課堂用語 almost nobody says it at dinner幾乎沒有人會在餐桌上說它

Church writers still say church polity for how a church is run: bishops, or a meeting of members, or something in between.

Church writers教會方面的作者 still say church polity for how a church is run仍然用church polity來說教會怎麼運作 bishops, or a meeting of members, or something in between可能是主教制,也可能是成員大會制,或介於兩者之間

Though actually, it is easy to mix with policy (a plan) and politics (the game). Those three look like cousins, and they are — they come from the same old Greek word for the life of the city — but they do different jobs now.

Though actually不過其實 it is easy to mix with policy (a plan) and politics (the game)它很容易跟policy(政策、計畫)和politics(政治、這場遊戲)搞混 Those three look like cousins這三個字看起來像是表親 and they are事實上也確實是 they come from the same old Greek word for the life of the city它們來自同一個古希臘字,意思是城市的生活 but they do different jobs now但現在各自做著不同的工作