The final legislation might throw a public plan into the competition, but thanks to the fierce opposition of the insurance industry and Republican critics, it might not save much money.
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Republicans and insurance industry are strongly opposed to the creation of a public insurance plan.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
ADJ
共和国的;共和政体的
Republican means relating to a republic. In republican systems of government, power is held by the people or the representatives that they elect.
In Northern Ireland, if someone is Republican, they believe that Northern Ireland should not be ruled by Britain but should become part of the Republic of Ireland.
1. an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)
Adjective
1. relating to or belonging to the Republican Party;
"a Republican senator""Republican party politics"
2. having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government;
"the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government"- United States Constitution"a very republican notion""so little republican and so much aristocratic sentiment"- Philip Marsh"our republican and artistic simplicity"-Nathaniel Hawthorne