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

What hopes are there for European federation?
欧盟有些什么希望？
International Federation of camping and caravanning;
国际宿营和旅行队联合会；
I have a friend who is from a federation of students.
我有一位朋友在学生联合会工作。
This article highlights the value of the data federation approach.
本文重点强调了数据联合方法的价值。
With a federation, the boundaries between the clouds are removed.
有了联合，云之间的界限就消除了。
The officer cited the federation's rule on affiliation.
该官员引用了联邦政府对于隶属关系的规定。
The shake-up aims to recast IBM as a federation of flexible and competing subsidiaries.
改组的目标是把IBM重组为一个灵活的、相互竞争的子公司联盟。
In1949 China established the nation's Women's Federation.
中国1949建立了国家妇联的合会。
In the future we envision a federation of companies
我们设想将来会成立一个公司联盟。
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。