commonwealth

noun

1. 英联邦（由英国和大多数曾经隶属于大英帝国的国家组成）
   an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that used to be part of the British Empire
   1. a member of the Commonwealth
      英联邦成员国
   2. Commonwealth countries
      英联邦国家
2. （用于美国肯塔基、马萨诸塞、宾夕法尼亚和弗吉尼亚四州的正式名称中）州
   used in the official names of, and to refer to, some states of the US (Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia)
   1. the Commonwealth of Virginia
      弗吉尼亚州
   2. 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。
3. （与美国联系紧密的）自治政区
   an independent country that is strongly connected to the US
   1. 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。
4. （用于某些政治上相互有联系的国家集团的名称）联合体
   used in the names of some groups of countries or states that have chosen to be politically linked with each other
   1. the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
      独立国家联合体（独联体）

1. 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 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.
   1. ...the Commonwealth of Australia.
      澳大利亚联邦
   2. ...the Commonwealth of Independent States, which replaced the Soviet Union.
      取代了苏联的独立国家联合体
3. N-SING (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.
   1. ...a commonwealth of nations without economic borders.
      经济上自由往来的几个国家组成的联盟

1. Puerto Rico, though it calls itself a Commonwealth, is really a self-governing American colony.
   波多黎各尽管自称共和国，但实际上是有自治权的美国殖民地。
2. North and South will remain separate entities within a commonwealth until the year 2000.
   南方和北方将作为一个政治联合体下的两个独立实体继续存在，直至2000年。
3. In 1987 Canada played host to the Commonwealth Conference
   1987年加拿大主办了英联邦大会。
4. 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共同体。
5. The Commonwealth Development Corporation has agreed to reschedule Tanzania's debt.
   英联邦开发公司已经同意推迟坦桑尼亚的债务偿还时间。
6. I competed in the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, which was my swan song.
   我参加了在克赖斯特彻奇举办的英联邦运动会，那是我的告别比赛。
7. India broke away from the Commonwealth in1947.
   印度于1947年脱离了大英国协。
8. He is the chairman of the Commonwealth of artists.
   他是艺术家协会的主席。
9. Britain is a member of the Commonwealth, and formally joined the EC in 1973.
   英国是英联邦成员，并在1973年正式加入欧共体。
10. The Commonwealth ( of nations) is a free association of independent countries that were once colonies of Britain.
    英联邦是曾为英国殖民地的、但现已独立国家所构成的自由联合体。
11. Previously, only writers from Britain, the Commonwealth nations, Ireland and Zimbabwe were eligible.
    之前只有来自英国、英联邦国家、爱尔兰和津巴布韦的作家才能参选。
12. Played only in Britain and in some parts of the British Commonwealth.
    只在英国和英联邦国家的一些地区进行。
13. Australia is a Commonwealth of states with the queen as its titular head of state.
    澳大利亚是联邦国家，英国女王是其名义上的国家元首。
14. The southern Solomon Islands that form an independent state in the British Commonwealth.
    由所罗门群岛构成的从英联邦独立出来的一个岛国。
15. A self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico.
    与美国联合的一个自治的联邦，占有了波多黎各岛。
16. The British Commonwealth is a free association of independent countries that were once colonies of Britain.
    英国联邦共和国是一个曾经是英国的殖民地的独立的国家的免费协会。
17. Queen is the head of state and of the commonwealth.
    女王为国家元首和英联邦元首。
18. The British Empire gradually disappeared and it was replaced by the British Commonwealth or the Commonwealth of Nations in1931.
    大英帝国逐渐地消失了，在1931年，它被英联邦或大英国协取而代之。
19. This laid the foundation for the future Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania.
    这为波兰和立陶宛的将来的联邦共和国打下基础。
20. What used to be the British Empire has now become the British Commonwealth.
    过去的大英帝国现在变成了英联邦。
21. Of or relating to the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth of nations.
    英国的，英联邦的英国的或英联邦的或与之相关的。
22. The citadel of the Commonwealth and Empire could not be stormed.
    联邦和帝国的堡垒是攻不破的。
23. The United Kingdom Foreign& Commonwealth Office
    英国外事和联邦办公室
24. They underestimate both the Commonwealth and the nietzcheans.
    他们低估了联邦和nietzcheans。
25. The Commonwealth may have fallen, but you did not fall with it.
    联邦也许是倒下了，但你并没有随着她倒下。
26. There were soldiers from Australia, India, Canada, England and South Africa-all British Commonwealth countries.
    共有来自澳大利亚，印度，加拿大，英国和南非士兵-所有英联邦国家。
27. An island state in the West Indies; an independent state within the British Commonwealth.
    位于西印度向风群岛的一岛国；英联邦中的一个独立国家。
28. Canadian special preference arrangement for the Caribbean and Commonwealth countries;
    加拿大给予加勒比和英联邦国家的特别优惠安排；
29. President Commonwealth and Southern Corporation from 1933 to 1940, Republican candidate for president 1940;
    1933－1940年，他任朕邦和南方公司总裁。1940年总统大选中是共和党候选人。

noun

1. a politically organized body of people under a single government
   1. the state has elected a new president
   2. African nations
   3. students who had come to the nation's capitol
   4. the country's largest manufacturer
   5. an industrialized land

   Synonym:    statenationcountrylandres publicabody politic

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

   Synonym:    democracyrepublic

3. 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

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