confederate
confederate 英 [kənˈfedərət] 美 [kənˈfɛdərət]
n. 同盟国，同盟者 adj. 同盟的，联合的 vt. 使联盟；使联合；同伙；帮凶
进行时:confederating 过去式:confederated 过去分词:confederated 第三人称单数:confederates 名词复数:confederates
- A confederate is an ally — someone who's on your side. Your brother, the artist, might be your only confederate in your goal of studying modern dance in Paris this summer.
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- n. 同盟国，同盟者
- adj. 同盟的，联合的
- vt. 使联盟；使联合；同伙；帮凶
- vi. 同盟；联合
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1. In the early months of the war, Jefferson Davis, the confederate president, did not even have guns enough for the men in his army.
在战争暴发的头几个月里，南方总统杰斐逊.戴维斯甚至不能向他的军队提供足够的枪支。
- confederate (adj.) late 14c., "allied, united in a league," from Late Latin confoederatus "leagued together," past participle of confoederare "to unite by a league" (see confederate (v.)). Meaning "of or belonging to the Confederate States of America" is from 1861. Confederal "of or pertaining to a confederation" (1782) was used of the United States under the Articles of Confederation.
- confederate (n.) late 15c., "one who is united with another or others in a compact or league;" see confederate (adj.). Late Latin confoederatus also was used as a noun in its day. Meaning "a citizen of the Confederate States of America" is from 1861. Confederator (mid-15c.) was used in the sense of "an ally, an accomplice."
- confederate (v.) 1530s, "to unite in a league or alliance," from Late Latin confoederatus, past participle of confoederare "to unite by a league," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + foederare, from foedus (genitive foederis) "a league," from suffixed form of PIE root *bheidh- "to trust, confide, persuade."
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