confederate

英 [kənˈfedərət]

美 [kənˈfedərət]

n.  同谋; 同伙; 从犯; 共犯
adj.  联盟的; 同盟的; 联邦的
v.  联合; 结盟

复数：confederates　过去式：confederated　现在分词：confederating　第三人称单数：confederates　过去分词：confederated　

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牛津词典

noun

• 同谋；同伙；从犯；共犯
  a person who helps sb, especially to do sth illegal or secret

adj.

• 联盟的；同盟的；联邦的
  belonging to a confederacy

柯林斯词典

• (秘密活动的)同伙，同党，同谋
  Someone'sconfederatesare the people they are working with in a secret activity.

英英释义

noun

• a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
  Synonym:accomplice
• someone who assists in a plot
  Synonym:collaboratorhenchmanpartner in crime

verb

• form a confederation with
• form a group or unite
  1. The groups banded together
  Synonym:band together

adj

• united in a confederacy or league
  Synonym:alliedconfederative

双语例句

• I mean a confederate republic.
  我所说的这种政体便是联邦共和国。
• A state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
  美国中南部一个州；在美国内战时期属于南部联邦。
• Appointed a rear admiral, he helped command the Confederate Navy in Virginia's James River.
  他被指派为后方舰队司令并协助指挥了南方联邦海军在弗吉尼亚州詹姆士的战斗。
• The thief was arrested, but his Confederate escaped.
  小偷被逮住了，但他的同伙却逃之夭夭。
• Twenty thousand Confederate soldiers were killed, wounded, or listed as missing in the battle of Gettysburg.
  南军在葛底斯堡战役中有2万士兵或死或伤，下落不明。
• The first flag of the Confederate States of American.
  美国南部联盟的第一面旗。
• Our government decided to confederate our state with the three states nearby in order to contend with our common enemy.
  我国政府决定与附近三个国家结成同盟，与我们共同的敌人抗衡。
• Union artillery on the hill answered the Confederate cannon.
  联军炮兵对盟军大炮的轰炸作出了回应。
• Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation emancipated slaves in the Confederate states.
  林肯的解放宣言解放了南部联邦的奴隶。
• Many times his sightings of Confederate troop movements prevented heavy losses to the Union forces.
  有许多次，由于他观测到南方同盟军队的调动情况，使联邦军队避免了严重损失。