confederation
confederation 英 [kənˌfedəˈreɪʃn] 美 [kənˌfɛdəˈreʃən]
n. 联盟;邦联;同盟
名词复数:confederations
- When a group of people or nations form an alliance, it is called a confederation, allowing each member to govern itself but agreeing to work together for common causes. Perhaps the best-known confederation was the South during the U.S. Civil War.
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- n. 联盟;邦联;同盟
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1. the Confederation of British Industry
英国工业联合会
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2. A constitution was established and the Confederation was born.
宪法建立了并且联邦出生.
- confederation (n.) early 15c., "act of confederating, alliance, agreement," from Anglo-French confederacion, Old French confederacion (14c.), from Late Latin confoederationem (nominative confoederatio), noun of action from past-participle stem of confoederare "to unite in a league," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + foederare (from suffixed form of PIE root *bheidh- "to trust, confide, persuade").
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