[N-PROPER 专有名词]英联邦The Commonwealth is an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that were previously under its rule.
[the N]
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[N-IN-NAMES 名称名词]联邦,联合体(用于正式名称中)Commonwealth is used in the official names of some countries, groups of countries, or parts of countries.
[the N of n]
...the Commonwealth of Australia.
澳大利亚联邦
...the Commonwealth of Independent States, which replaced the Soviet Union.
取代了苏联的独立国家联合体
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[N-SING 单数名词](关系友好、有共同点的国家组成的)团体 If you refer to a commonwealth of nations, you are referring to a group of countries who are friendly towards each other and have something in common.
[usu N of n]
[FORMAL 正式]
...a commonwealth of nations without economic borders.
经济上自由往来的几个国家组成的联盟
Oxford
com·mon·wealth/ˈkɒmənwelθ; NAmEˈkɑːmənwelθ/noun[singular ]1the Commonwealthan organization consisting of the United Kingdom and other countries, including most of the countries that used to be part of the British Empire 英联邦(由英国和其他大多数曾经隶属于大英帝国的国家组成)◆a member of the Commonwealth英联邦成员国◆Commonwealth countries英联邦国家2(usuallythe Commonwealth )used in the official names of, and to refer to, some states of the US (Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia) (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◆the Commonwealth of Virginia弗吉尼亚州◆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。3( NAmE) an independent country that is strongly connected to the US (与美国联系紧密的)自治政区◆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。4(usuallyCommonwealth )used in the names of some groups of countries or states that have chosen to be politically linked with each other (用于某些政治上相互有联系的国家集团的名称)联合体◆the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)独立国家联合体(独联体)commonwealthcommonwealthscom·mon·wealth/ˈkɒmənwelθ; NAmEˈkɑːmənwelθ/
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