confederation
英 [k?nfed?'re??(?)n]
美 [k?n,f?d?'re??n]
英文詞源
- confederation (n.)
- early 15c., "act of confederating," from Middle French confédération, from Old French confederacion (14c.), from Late Latin confoederationem (nominative confoederatio), noun of action from confoederare (see confederate). Meaning "states or persons united by a league" is from 1620s.
雙語例句
- 1. The European Builders Confederation has a membership of over 350,000 building companies.
- 歐洲建筑商聯(lián)合會擁有逾35萬家建筑公司會員。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. the Confederation of British Industry
- 英國工業(yè)聯(lián)合會
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. The Franks were originally a loose confederation of Germanic tribes.
- 法蘭克人原來是日爾曼部落的一個松散部落.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The official trades union council voted to disband itself and re-form as a confederation.
- 這個官方的工會委員會投票決定解體然后重新組成聯(lián)盟。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The document composed in Philadelphia transformed the confederation of sovereign states into a national government.
- 在費(fèi)城起草的這份文件使具有獨(dú)立主權(quán)的各州組成的邦聯(lián)變成了國家政府。
來自柯林斯例句