这是通过民主讨论作出的决策。

The decision was taken democratically.

《牛津词典》

民主党人正千方百计把话题转到本国，以便讨论国内问题。

The Democrats are trying desperately to change the subject to the home front, to talk about domestic issues.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

One theme that we've talked about in this course is corporate democracy.

我们在课程中曾经讨论过的一个主题是,企业民主。

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Maybe you want to argue it and we could have a discussion, but it might mean that American democracy, or democracy of any kind, helps to produce a particular kind of democratic soul.

也许你想争辩，果真如此,我们可以另作讨论，但那也许意谓着,美式民主，或任何一种民主，协助产生了,特定种类的民主灵魂。

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