Confederation
[kənfedə'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [kən,fɛdə'reʃən]
解释:
(noun.) the act of forming an alliance or confederation.
(noun.) a union of political organizations.
埃莉诺手打--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states.
(n.) The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy.
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同义词及近义词：
n. League, CONFEDERACY.
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例句:
- Luxembourg was included in the German Confederation, though its ruler was also King of the Netherlands, and though many of its peoples talked French. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Prussia and Austria were both partly in and partly out of a German confederation, which included a multitude of minor states. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Once more Athens flared into importance as the head of a confederation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The King of Denmark came into the German confederation by virtue of certain German-speaking possessions in Holstein. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- For a time, under Canute and his sons, it seemed possible that a great confederation of the Northmen might have established itself. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Doubtless the founders of our government, the majority of them at least, regarded the confederation of the colonies as an experiment. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
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