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States Confederacy N Reference America Confederation Kən'fedərəsi N.联盟或同盟

单词 confederacy
音标 [kən'fedərəsi]
解释 n.联盟或同盟
红宝书 【英】 n. 联盟或同盟(alliance )
【记】 con(共同)+feder(联 盟)+acy→联盟
字源 confederacy (n.)
late 14c., from Anglo-French confederacie (Old French confederacie), from stem of Latin confoederatio, from confoederare (see confederate). Earliest in reference to leagues of classical Greek states (Aetolian, Achaean, etc.), later of the Netherlands. The word was used of the United States of America under (and in) the Articles of Confederation (1777-1788). In reference to the breakaway Confederate States of America (1861-1865) from 1861.
Confederacy now usually implies a looser or more temporary association than confederation, which is applied to a union of states organized on an intentionally permanent basis. [OED]
不择手段背单词 n. 联盟; 联邦 = confederation = alliance
【记】con共同, feder联盟
趣味全助记 【记】con 共同 + federal 联合 联盟

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