Democracy: The substitution of election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
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n. 选举，当选;选举权;[神]神的选择;
💡 e出+lect选择，收集+ion名词后缀 →选举
"She won a seat in Parliament at the election."
她在选举中赢得了议会中的席位.
近义：option, pick, preference, selection, choice, choosing
n. 约会;任命;职务;职位;
💡 ap加强+point点+ment名词后缀→指点→任命;约定;委任的职位
"They made the appointment of Peter as chairman of the union."
他们任命彼得为工会主席.
近义：assignation, meeting, citation, date, engagement, mention
adj. 堕落的，道德败坏的;贪污的，腐败的;腐烂的;（文献等）错误百出的;
vt. 使腐败;使堕落;使腐烂;
vi. 堕落;腐化;腐烂;
💡 cor共同+rupt断→全部断→变坏的，腐败的
"The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers."
警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
近义：debase, pervert, retrogress, rot, bastardise, bastardize
反义：honor, magnify, respect, revere, reverence, venerate
n. 民众;民主国家;民主主义;民主政治;
💡 demo人民+cracy统治；\"人民统治\"→人民做主→民主；民主政治，民主政体；民主主义
"the principles of democracy"
民主原则
substitution
[ˌsʌbsti'tju:ʃən]
n. 代替;代用;替换;<化>取代（作用）;
"We use saccharin in substitution for sugar."
我们用糖精代替糖.
近义：antonomasia, replacement, subrogation, supersession, supplantation, supplanting
adj. 无能力的;不胜任的;不适当的;
n. 无能者;不胜任者;
"his incompetent handling of the affair"
他在处理这件事上的无能表现
近义：blunderer, fumbler, incapable, incapacitated, unable, uncapable
反义：apt, proficient, qualified, skilled, suitable, accomplished