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

• Confederation of Central African ngos;
  中非非政府组织联合会；
• Africa Confederation of cooperative savings and credit associations;
  非洲储蓄信贷合作社协会联合会；
• Executive member of China Enterprise Confederation Management Consultation Committee.
  中国企业联合会管理咨询委员会执委单位。
• Latin American Confederation of ymca;
  拉丁美洲基督教青年会联合会；
• World Confederation for diplomatic and press relations;
  世界外交和新闻界关系联合会；
• Inter-American Catholic social action confederation;
  美洲天主教社会行动联合会；
• Treaty of Union, League and Perpetual Confederation
  团结、联合和永远结盟条约
• 1871-British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
  1871年的今天，英属哥伦比亚加入加拿大联邦。
• International Confederation of former prisoners of war;
  国际前战俘联合会；
• I understand that the Confederation did not come back for some time.
  我了解到星际联邦很长一段时间都没有返回。