confederation 英 [kənˌfedəˈreɪʃn]   美 [kənˌfɛdəˈreʃən]

confederation

confederation  英 [kənˌfedəˈreɪʃn] 美 [kənˌfɛdəˈreʃən]

n. 联盟;邦联;同盟 

名词复数:confederations 

the Confederation of British Industry 英国工业联合会
A constitution was established and the Confederation was born. 宪法建立了并且联邦出生.

  • 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
  • 1. the Confederation of British Industry

    英国工业联合会

  • 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").
con·fed·er·ation / kənˌfedəˈreɪʃn ; NAmE kənˌfedəˈreɪʃn / noun 1 an organization consisting of countries, businesses, etc. that have joined together in order to help each other 联盟;联合体 the Confederation of British Industry 英国工业联合会 2 Confederation (in Canada) the joining together of provincesand territoriesforming Canada, which began 1 July, 1867 加拿大联邦(从 1867 年 7 月 1 日起由若干省和地方组成加拿大) confederation confederations con·fed·er·ation / kənˌfedəˈreɪʃn ; NAmE kənˌfedəˈreɪʃn /
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