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

• 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。
• 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。
• They ran into several thousand Confederate soldiers.
  他们冲进了几千同盟布阵中。
• 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。
• A war between the Southern or Confederate States of America and the Northern or Union States.
  是美国南部联邦各州和北部邦联各州之间的战争。
• You have a confederate who signals you.
  你那边有个托儿告诉你了。
• The Confederate soldiers thought they were firing on Union officers.
  同盟军的士兵们都认为他们正在射击的是联盟军部将。
• The thief was arrested, but his Confederate escaped.
  小偷被逮住了，但他的同伙却逃之夭夭。
• The first flag of the Confederate States of American.
  美国南部联盟的第一面旗。
• A Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War.
  美国内战期间南方联盟军的游击队。