| 英语单词 | commonwealth |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['kɒmənwelθ] 美 ['kɑːmənwelθ] |
| 中文释义 | n.联合体;联邦 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The three republics have decided to forma a commonwealth of independent states. (2) He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists. (3) Puerto Rico remains a US commonwealth, not a state. (4) Dominion is a part of the British Commonwealth. (5) The British Commonwealth of Nation includes several nations. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这三个共和国家决定组成一个独立国家联合体。 (2) 他是艺术家协会的主席。 (3) 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) 自治领是英联邦的一个组成部分。 (5) 英联邦包括好几个国家。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A commonwealth refers to any group of people organized under a single government, particularly a republic. If you live in the United States of America, you live in a commonwealth. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Comprised of the roots common, meaning "belonging to all," and wealth, meaning "happiness or riches," the word commonwealth originally referred to the government of England from 1649 to 1660. Nowadays, a commonwealth has come to mean any government in which all people involved have a say, or a loose formation of nations with a shared loyalty. It is also the official designation of a few states including, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia and some U.S. territories. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [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. [ 2 [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. [
3 [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 [FORMAL 正式]
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