confederation
英 [kənfedə'reɪʃ(ə)n]
美 [kən,fɛdə'reʃən]
confederation 英文词源
- 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.
confederation 双语例句
1. The European Builders Confederation has a membership of over 350,000 building companies. 欧洲建筑商联合会拥有逾35万家建筑公司会员。 来自柯林斯例句
- 2. the Confederation of British Industry
- 英国工业联合会
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The Franks were originally a loose confederation of Germanic tribes.
- 法兰克人原来是日尔曼部落的一个松散部落.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The official trades union council voted to disband itself and re-form as a confederation.
- 这个官方的工会委员会投票决定解体然后重新组成联盟。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The document composed in Philadelphia transformed the confederation of sovereign states into a national government.
- 在费城起草的这份文件使具有独立主权的各州组成的邦联变成了国家政府。
来自柯林斯例句