confederate

英 [kənˈfedərət]

美 [kənˈfedərət]

n.  同谋; 同伙; 从犯; 共犯
adj.  联盟的; 同盟的; 联邦的
v.  联合; 结盟

复数：confederates　过去式：confederated　现在分词：confederating　第三人称单数：confederates　过去分词：confederated　

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牛津词典

noun

• 同谋；同伙；从犯；共犯
  a person who helps sb, especially to do sth illegal or secret

adj.

• 联盟的；同盟的；联邦的
  belonging to a confederacy

柯林斯词典

• (秘密活动的)同伙，同党，同谋
  Someone'sconfederatesare the people they are working with in a secret activity.

英英释义

noun

• a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
  Synonym:accomplice
• someone who assists in a plot
  Synonym:collaboratorhenchmanpartner in crime

verb

• form a confederation with
• form a group or unite
  1. The groups banded together
  Synonym:band together

adj

• united in a confederacy or league
  Synonym:alliedconfederative

双语例句

• Who freed all his slaves before taking command of the Confederate Army.
  在李将军担任南方军的统领前，他解放了他所有的奴隶。
• Now therefore we will make him our friend and our confederate.
  我们要使他作为我们的朋友，作我们的同盟！
• In the American Civil War the Confederate state took the offensive.
  美国南北战争中，南军采取攻势。
• They ran into several thousand Confederate soldiers.
  他们冲进了几千同盟布阵中。
• Sometimes Washington seemed within the Confederate grasp;
  有时华盛顿似乎落人了南部邦联的掌握之中；
• A war between the Southern or Confederate States of America and the Northern or Union States.
  是美国南部联邦各州和北部邦联各州之间的战争。
• A Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War.
  美国内战期间南方联盟军的游击队。
• Many times his sightings of Confederate troop movements prevented heavy losses to the Union forces.
  有许多次，由于他观测到南方同盟军队的调动情况，使联邦军队避免了严重损失。
• Our government decided to confederate our state with the three states nearby in order to contend with our common enemy.
  我国政府决定与附近三个国家结成同盟，与我们共同的敌人抗衡。
• The Confederate command arrives from above the battlefield.
  该同盟由上述命令到达战场。