body politic

英 [ˈbɒdi ˈpɒlətɪk]

美 [ˈbɑːdi ˈpɑːlətɪk]

n.  全体人民，国家(被视为政治集体)

牛津词典

noun

• 全体人民，国家（被视为政治集体）
  all the people of a particular nation considered as an organized political group

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （视为政治整体的）全体国民，人民
  The body politicis all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group.
  1. ...the king was the head of the body politic.
     国王是人民的领袖。

英英释义

noun

• a politically organized body of people under a single government
  1. the state has elected a new president
  2. African nations
  3. students who had come to the nation's capitol
  4. the country's largest manufacturer
  5. an industrialized land
  Synonym:statenationcountrylandcommonwealthres publica

双语例句

• The theory claims that the king possesses two bodies: a body natural and a body politic.
  国王二体论认为国王拥有双重身体：自然身体和政治身体。
• In mediaeval times rivers were the veins of the body politic as well as economic.
  在中世纪，河流不仅是经济的命脉，而且是国家的命脉。
• But his body politic, frequently identified with the crown or the kingdom, is invisible, perfect and immortal.
  而他的政治身体常与王权或整个王国相提并论，被认为是无形的，永恒的和完美的超体。
• The law of nature was given up to the organs of the body politic.
  给予国家机关的只是自然法的权利。
• Yet the US body politic is panicking in response underwriting massive liquidity injections that produce another asset bubble and proposing fiscal pump-priming that would depress domestic saving even further.
  然而，美国正在做出惊慌失措的反应：保证提供巨额流动性注入这将产生另一个资产泡沫；建议对商业企业进行财政注资这将进一步地压缩国内储蓄。
• Commonwealth: The people of a nation or state; the body politic.
  全体国民：国家一个国家或洲的人民；国家。
• It would be wise for Beijing to take heed of this rising angst in the American and global body politic.
  对北京来说，明智的做法是倾听美国乃至全球政体日益加重的焦虑。
• Coriolanus'fate suggests this perennial tension between the city and the manly arm of the body politic.
  科里奥南纳斯的命运见证了政治体中人类武装与城邦的长期紧张关系。
• A regulatory backlash is under way as the US body politic comes to grips with the financial crisis.
  在美国竭力应对金融危机时，监管的反效果也在呈现。
• That is a scandal. Whether the body politic will recognise it remains unclear.
  这是一桩丑闻。目前尚不清楚，美国国民是否会承认这一点。