confederation

英 [kənˌfedəˈreɪʃn]

美 [kənˌfedəˈreɪʃn]

n.  联盟; 联合体; 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)

复数：confederations　

Collins.2 / BNC.8239 / COCA.18262

牛津词典

noun

• 联盟；联合体
  an organization consisting of countries, businesses, etc. that have joined together in order to help each other
  1. the Confederation of British Industry
     英国工业联合会
• 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）
  (in Canada) the joining together of provinces and territories forming Canada, which began 1 July, 1867

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES (尤指为商业或政治目的而组成的)联盟，同盟,联合会
  Aconfederationis an organization or group consisting of smaller groups or states, especially one that exists for business or political purposes.
  1. ...the Confederation of Indian Industry.
     印度产业联合会
  2. ...plans to partition the republic into a confederation of mini-states.
     把共和国分割成小国邦联的计划

英英释义

noun

• the act of forming an alliance or confederation
  Synonym:alliance
• a union of political organizations
  Synonym:confederacyfederation
• the state of being allied or confederated
  Synonym:alliance

双语例句

• The president of the Confederation is elected from the seven to assume special representative functions for a one-year term.
  从七个州中选取出来的联邦的首脑承担着特殊的代表作用，任期1年。
• Newfoundland joined the confederation in1949.
  纽芬兰1949年加入联盟。
• African and Near East billiards confederation;
  非洲和近东台球联合会；
• After Yao died, Shun became head of the tribal confederation.
  尧去世后，舜继承了部落联盟领袖的位置。
• World Confederation for diplomatic and press relations;
  世界外交和新闻界关系联合会；
• Africa Confederation of cooperative savings and credit associations;
  非洲储蓄信贷合作社协会联合会；
• The official trades union council voted to disband itself and re-form as a confederation
  这个官方的工会委员会投票决定解体然后重新组成联盟。
• It's the capital of the canton of Geneva, the second smallest canton in the Swiss Confederation.
  它是瑞士联邦中第二小的州&日内瓦州的首府。
• Latin American Confederation of ymca;
  拉丁美洲基督教青年会联合会；
• Agreement for a Confederation between the Republic of Croatia and the federation;
  克罗地亚共和国与联邦成立邦联的协定；