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.- ...the king was the head of the body politic.
国王是人民的领袖。
- ...the king was the head of the body politic.
英英释义
noun
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- the state has elected a new president
- African nations
- students who had come to the nation's capitol
- the country's largest manufacturer
- an industrialized land