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

• 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。
• Who freed all his slaves before taking command of the Confederate Army.
  在李将军担任南方军的统领前，他解放了他所有的奴隶。
• 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。
• In the American Civil War the Confederate state took the offensive.
  美国南北战争中，南军采取攻势。
• Commonwealth Observer Mission to South Africa a supporter of the Confederate States of America.
  英联邦南非观察团（英联邦观察团）美国南部联邦的支持者。
• I mean a confederate republic.
  我所说的这种政体便是联邦共和国。
• The Confederate command arrives from above the battlefield.
  该同盟由上述命令到达战场。