[N-COUNT 可数名词]联邦制国家;联邦 A federation is a federal country.
...the Russian Federation.
俄罗斯联邦
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](社团或组织的)同盟,联盟,联合会 A federation is a group of societies or other organizations which have joined together, usually because they share a common interest.
[usu with supp]
...the British Athletic Federation...
英国田径总会
The organization emerged from a federation of six national agencies.
该组织由 6 个全国性机构联合而成。
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fed·er·ationAWL/ˌfedəˈreɪʃn; NAmEˌfedəˈreɪʃn/noun1[countable ]a country consisting of a group of individual states that have control over their own affairs but are controlled by a central government for national decisions, etc. 联邦◆the Russian Federation俄罗斯联邦2[countable ]a group of clubs, trade/labor unions,etc. that have joined together to form an organization (俱乐部、工会等的)联合会◆the International Tennis Federation国际网球联合会3[uncountable ]the act of forming a federation联邦;同盟;联盟◆Many MPs are against federation in Europe.许多议会议员反对欧洲结成联邦。federationfederationsfed·er·ation/ˌfedəˈreɪʃn; NAmEˌfedəˈreɪʃn/
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federationfed‧e‧ra‧tion /ˌfedəˈreɪʃən/AWL noun
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1[countable] a group of organizations, clubs, or people that have joined together to form a single group → confederation: the National Federation of Women’s Institutes2[countable] a group of states that have joined together to form a single group: the Russian Federation3[uncountable] when groups of people, states etc join together to form a larger group
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