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commonwealth

['kɔmənwelθ]

n.聯合體, 聯邦

例句與用法：

The official report of the proceedings and debates of a legislature in the Commonwealth of Nations, especially of the British or Canadian parliament.

英國議會議事錄在不列顛聯邦內產生的立法爭論和議事進程的官方報告，尤指英國或加拿大議會

The Commonwealth agreed to make a compact with this country.

英聯邦同意和這個國家訂約。

英文解釋:

名詞 commonwealth:

the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)

a politically organized body of people under a single government

同義詞：state, nation, country, land, res publica, body politic

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

a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

同義詞：democracy, republic

以上來源於大辭典