commonwealth是什么意思_commonwealth怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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;"the state has elected a new president"
"African nations"
"students who had come to the nation"s capitol"
"the country"s largest manufacturer"
"an industrialized land"

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

中英词源

commonwealth 英联邦

来自common和wealth的组合词，原指公共财富，公共福利，后用于指英联邦国家。

commonwealth: commonwealth: see wealth
commonwealth (n.): late 15c., "public welfare, general good," from common (adj.) + wealth (n.); meaning "the state" is attested from 1510s; applied specifically to the government of England in the period 1649-1660.

词态变化

复数 commonwealths;

权威造句

1. 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。

2. In 1987 Canada played host to the Commonwealth Conference.: 1987年加拿大主办了英联邦大会。

3. a member of the Commonwealth: 英联邦成员国

4. He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.: 他是艺术家协会的主席.

5. Theatres were closed during the Commonwealth.: 在英国共和政体时期,剧场都关闭了.

近反义词

nation 国家

state 情形

republic 共和国

democracy 民主国家

realm 领域

society 社会

empire 帝国

community 社区

country 国家

body politic 国民

land 陆地

res publica 国家

相似短语

commonwealth preference certificate 【法】联邦优惠关税证

British Commonwealth n. 英联邦

New Commonwealth (总称)新联邦(指1945年以来英联邦内取得自治的诸国)

commonwealth of independent states phr. 独联体；独立国家联合体（由前苏联大多数共和国组成的进行多边合作的独立国家联合体）

commonwealth of australia phr. 澳大利亚联邦

commonwealth citizenship 【法】公民资格

commonwealth preference 【经】英联邦特惠税率

commonwealth of puerto rico phr. 波多黎各自由联邦

commonwealth day phr. 英联邦日；英国联邦纪念日

commonwealth of the bahamas phr. 巴哈马国

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