commonwealth

英 [ˈkɒmənwelθ]

美 [ˈkɑːmənwelθ]

n.  英联邦(由英国和大多数曾经隶属于大英帝国的国家组成); (用于美国肯塔基、马萨诸塞、宾夕法尼亚和弗吉尼亚四州的正式名称中)州; (与美国联系紧密的)自治政区

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Collins.2 / BNC.3891 / COCA.14121

牛津词典

noun

• 英联邦（由英国和大多数曾经隶属于大英帝国的国家组成）
  an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that used to be part of the British Empire
  1. a member of the Commonwealth
     英联邦成员国
  2. Commonwealth countries
     英联邦国家
• （用于美国肯塔基、马萨诸塞、宾夕法尼亚和弗吉尼亚四州的正式名称中）州
  used in the official names of, and to refer to, some states of the US (Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia)
  1. the Commonwealth of Virginia
     弗吉尼亚州
  2. The city and the Commonwealth have lost a great leader.
     这座城市和这个州失去了一位伟大的领袖。
• （与美国联系紧密的）自治政区
  an independent country that is strongly connected to the US
  1. Puerto Rico remains a US commonwealth, not a state.
     波多黎各至今仍然是美国的一个自治政区，而不是一个州。
• （用于某些政治上相互有联系的国家集团的名称）联合体
  used in the names of some groups of countries or states that have chosen to be politically linked with each other
  1. the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
     独立国家联合体（独联体）

柯林斯词典

• 英联邦
  The Commonwealthis an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that were previously under its rule.
• N-IN-NAMES 联邦，联合体(用于正式名称中)
  Commonwealthis used in the official names of some countries, groups of countries, or parts of countries.
  1. ...the Commonwealth of Australia.
     澳大利亚联邦
  2. ...the Commonwealth of Independent States, which replaced the Soviet Union.
     取代了苏联的独立国家联合体
• N-SING (关系友好、有共同点的国家组成的)团体
  If you refer to acommonwealth ofnations, you are referring to a group of countries who are friendly towards each other and have something in common.
  1. ...a commonwealth of nations without economic borders.
     经济上自由往来的几个国家组成的联盟

英英释义

noun

• a politically organized body of people under a single government
  1. the state has elected a new president
  2. African nations
  3. students who had come to the nation's capitol
  4. the country's largest manufacturer
  5. an industrialized land
  Synonym:statenationcountrylandres publicabody politic
• a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
  Synonym:democracyrepublic
• a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another
• the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)

双语例句

• The Commonwealth may have fallen, but you did not fall with it.
  联邦也许是倒下了，但你并没有随着她倒下。
• Puerto Rico, though it calls itself a Commonwealth, is really a self-governing American colony.
  波多黎各尽管自称共和国，但实际上是有自治权的美国殖民地。
• I competed in the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, which was my swan song.
  我参加了在克赖斯特彻奇举办的英联邦运动会，那是我的告别比赛。
• Australia is a Commonwealth of states with the queen as its titular head of state.
  澳大利亚是联邦国家，英国女王是其名义上的国家元首。
• The Commonwealth ( of nations) is a free association of independent countries that were once colonies of Britain.
  英联邦是曾为英国殖民地的、但现已独立国家所构成的自由联合体。
• Canadian special preference arrangement for the Caribbean and Commonwealth countries;
  加拿大给予加勒比和英联邦国家的特别优惠安排；
• The British Empire gradually disappeared and it was replaced by the British Commonwealth or the Commonwealth of Nations in1931.
  大英帝国逐渐地消失了，在1931年，它被英联邦或大英国协取而代之。
• The southern Solomon Islands that form an independent state in the British Commonwealth.
  由所罗门群岛构成的从英联邦独立出来的一个岛国。
• In 1987 Canada played host to the Commonwealth Conference
  1987年加拿大主办了英联邦大会。
• Of or relating to the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth of nations.
  英国的，英联邦的英国的或英联邦的或与之相关的。