commonwealth
美音:
[´kɔmən´welθ
]英音:
[´kɔmən´welθ
]n.国民整体,共和国,联邦
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commonwealth
/'kɒmənwelθ; `kɑmən,wɛlθ/
n
1 [C]
(a) independent State or community 独立的国家或团体、集体
*measures for the good of the commonwealth 有利于集体的措施.
(b) group of States that have chosen to be politically linked (政治上相结合的国家组成的)集团
*the Commonwealth of Australia 澳大利亚联邦.
2 the Commonwealth [sing] the association consisting of the UK and various independent States (previously subject to Britain) and dependencies 英联邦(由联合王国及原所辖的自治省和属地组成的联邦).
commonwealth
nthe Commonwealthan organization of about 50 countries that were once part of the British
empire the Commonwealth Games[C]an association of countries with political or economic connections
commonwealth of a commonwealth of nations[C]AmEthe official legal title of some US states