commonwealth

commonwealth n.1.全體國民,全體公民[G]
2.政治實體,國家;共和國,民主國[C]
3.(大寫)聯邦[the S]
The Commonwealth of Australia
澳大利亞聯邦
4.【美】(大寫)州(尤用於麻薩諸塞、賓夕法尼亞、肯塔基、維吉尼亞四州)[the S]
5.【美】(常大寫)自治政區
6.(由共同利益或興趣組成的)協會界
the commonwealth of learning
學術界
7.【古】公益,公共福利
例句與用法:
1. The Commonwealth agreed to make a compact with this country.
大英國協同意和這個國家訂約。
2. 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
英英解釋:
名詞commonwealth:
1. the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
2. a politically organized body of people under a single government
同義詞：state, nation, country, land, res publica, body politic
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. 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