Federation
[fedə'reɪʃ(ə)n] or ['fɛdə'reʃən]
解释:
(noun.) the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs.
(noun.) an organization formed by merging several groups or parties.
巴尔德手打--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of uniting in a league; confederation.
(n.) A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government.
格里菲思校对
同义词及近义词:
n. League, alliance, coalition, union, confederation, combination, copartnership, federal union, federal compact.
录入:基思
同义词及反义词:
[See CONFEDERACY]
编辑:莎蒂
例句:
- Belonging to the Federation, he had been compelled by his honour to close the pits against his men. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- There was a crisis when Gerald was a boy, when the Masters' Federation closed down the mines because the men would not accept a reduction. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Does this League of Nations which has been created by the covenant of 1919 contain within it the germ of any permanent federation of human effort? 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Till the war-drums throb'd no longer, and the battle-flags were furl'd In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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