federation

英 [ˌfedəˈreɪʃn]

美 [ˌfedəˈreɪʃn]

n. 联邦; (俱乐部、工会等的)联合会; 同盟; 联盟

复数：federations　

Collins.3 / BNC.3260 / COCA.9044

牛津词典

noun

联邦
a country consisting of a group of individual states that have control over their own affairs but are controlled by a central government for national decisions, etc.
1. the Russian Federation
  俄罗斯联邦
（俱乐部、工会等的）联合会
a group of clubs, trade/labor unions , etc. that have joined together to form an organization
1. the International Tennis Federation
  国际网球联合会
联邦；同盟；联盟
the act of forming a federation
1. Many MPs are against federation in Europe.
  许多议会议员反对欧洲结成联邦。

N-COUNT 联邦制国家;联邦
Afederationis a federal country.
1. ...the Russian Federation.
  俄罗斯联邦
N-COUNT (社团或组织的)同盟，联盟，联合会
Afederationis a group of societies or other organizations which have joined together, usually because they share a common interest.
1. ...the British Athletic Federation...
  英国田径总会
2. The organization emerged from a federation of six national agencies.
  该组织由 6 个全国性机构联合而成。

noun

the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs
a union of political organizations
Synonym:confederationconfederacy
an organization formed by merging several groups or parties

With a federation, the boundaries between the clouds are removed.
有了联合，云之间的界限就消除了。
You're addressing an officer of the federation.
你正在和一个联邦军官讲话。
Last year it issued several guarantees in support of loans to banks in Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
去年，该机构提供了几笔担保，支持乌克兰和俄罗斯的银行发放贷款。
This is a key issue for Federation.
这是联盟的一个关键问题。
The Consumer Federation claims banks are ripping you off by not passing along savings on interest rates
消费者联盟声称银行在坑骗客户，因为它们没有把从利率上节省下的钱拿来进行反馈。
Singapore seceded from the Federation of Malaysia and became an independent sovereign state
新加坡脱离马来西亚联邦成为一个独立的主权国家。
The International Automobile Federation was established in Paris in 1904.
1904年，在巴黎成立了国际汽车联合会。
New outbreaks have recently been confirmed in birds in Kazakhstan, Mongolia and the Russian Federation.
新的暴发最近已在哈萨克斯坦、蒙古和俄罗斯联邦的禽类中得到确认。
By 492 votes to 391, the federation voted to maintain the status quo
联邦以492票对391票的投票结果决定维持现状。
International Federation of camping and caravanning;
国际宿营和旅行队联合会；