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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

popular sovereignty
  1. 1. [American History] 州人民主权论(南北战争前反对废奴者所提出的一种政治主张)
  2. 2. 人民主权论(主张主权归人民全体所有,政府应由人民产生并服从人民的意志)

Collins English-English Dictionary

popular sovereignty
  1. 1. n (in the pre-Civil War US) the doctrine that the inhabitants of a territory should be free from federal interference in determining their own domestic policy, esp in deciding whether or not to allow slavery

Examples

popular government
人民政府
popular prices
廉价
a popular actor
受欢迎的男演员
That's the most popular restaurant in town.
那是城里最有名的饭店。
the tribunal of popular sentiment
舆论的制裁

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