commonwealth
n. (英)联邦; 联合体
The Commonwealth is an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that were previously under its rule.
Commonwealth is used in the official names of some countries, groups of countries, or parts of countries.
...the Commonwealth of Australia.
澳大利亚联邦
...the Commonwealth of Independent States, which replaced the Soviet Union.
取代了苏联的独立国家联合体
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.
...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. 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;
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
A directory to the universities of the commonwealth, from Pakistan to Zimbabwe.
按字母排序, 从巴基斯坦到津巴不韦等英联邦国家的大学名录.
I want those systems granted independence and the opportunity to sign the Commonwealth Charter.
我要这些体系独立然后看时机签署联邦宪章.
Mr Lamarre is a founding member and past Chair of the Commonwealth Business Council.
议员拉马尔是其创始成员及英联邦商业理事会前任主席.
The Commonwealth admitted Rwanda as its 54 th member.
英联邦同意卢旺达作为第54个成员国的加入.
An empire destined to enter the commonwealth plenarily.
帝国注定要彻底转向共和国.