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

• One is owned by the Chicago Confederate bank.
  芝加哥联合银行买下了一张。
• In retaliation, Confederate raiders, outfitted in the South and abroad, launched an effective guerrilla war at sea against Union merchant shipping.
  为了反击，南方联邦在海外和南方进行了全面装备，在海洋上发动了有力的抵制联邦商船海运的游击战。
• Now therefore we will make him our friend and our confederate.
  我们要使他作为我们的朋友，作我们的同盟！
• They were Confederate soldiers walking home.
  他们都是些复员回家的联盟军士兵。
• Robert E.Lee's Confederate army was much smaller than Joe Hooker's Union army.
  罗伯特E·李的同盟军与胡克的联盟军相比数量更少了。
• Two battles during the American Civil War ( 1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated in Federal army in both battles.
  美国内战期间（1861和1862）的两次战役；同盟国势力打败了两次战役中的联邦军队。
• The thief was arrested, but his Confederate escaped.
  小偷被逮住了，但他的同伙却逃之夭夭。
• I mean a confederate republic.
  我所说的这种政体便是联邦共和国。
• 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 first flag of the Confederate States of American.
  美国南部联盟的第一面旗。