中英互译

commonwealth

英 /ˈkɒmənwelθ/美 /ˈkɑːmənwelθ/

基本释义

n.
国家，独立的政治共同体（尤指民主共和国）；英联邦（the Commonwealth）；界，组织；（自愿加入美国的）自治政区，自治政体（如波多黎各）；（美国的）州（尤指肯塔基、马萨诸塞、宾夕法尼亚和弗吉尼亚）；（澳大利亚）联邦；<古>公益

复数commonwealths

CET6考研IELTSGRE

英联邦（the Commonwealth）cn.
- The prime minister of Fiji has said Fiji is in no hurry to rejoin the Commonwealth.
  斐济总理称斐济并不急于重返英联邦。
界，组织cn.
- He is a remarkable figure in the commonwealth of letters.
  他是文学界的杰出人物。
（自愿加入美国的）自治政区，自治政体（如波多黎各）cn.
- 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。
（美国的）州（尤指肯塔基、马萨诸塞、宾夕法尼亚和弗吉尼亚）cn.
- 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。

The prime minister of Fiji has said Fiji is in no hurry to rejoin the Commonwealth.
斐济总理称斐济并不急于重返英联邦。
来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
Britain has announced that it is to cancel about 200 million pounds' worth of debts owed to it by poorer Commonwealth countries.
英国宣布将免除英联邦内较为贫穷的国家欠下的约2亿英镑债务。
Now that the country has embarked on a return to democracy, Commonwealth heads of government have agreed to end the estrangement.
既然该国已开始恢复民主，英联邦政府首脑们已同意结束这种疏远的关系。

联邦；共和国；国民整体

commonweal公益；大众福利；共和国

n.the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
n.a politically organized body of people under a single government
n.a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another
n.a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them