body politic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌbody ˈpolitic noun [singular] formal PGall the people in a nation forming a state under the control of a single government 政治实体；国家；〔被视为一个整体的〕民族
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body politic• It represented an extreme example of a theocracy - of a body politic organised essentially around religious principles.• The body politic may have undergone radical surgery and it may have aged considerably, but it has continued to endure.ˌbody ˈpolitic nounChineseSyllable
people in a a Corpus all state under nation the forming
body politic
ˌbody ˈpolitic
noun [singular] formal
all the people in a nation forming a state under the control of a single government
ˌbody ˈpolitic
noun [singular] formalall the people in a nation forming a state under the control of a single government