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

• The first flag of the Confederate States of American.
  美国南部联盟的第一面旗。
• The Confederate command arrives from above the battlefield.
  该同盟由上述命令到达战场。
• The thief was arrested, but his Confederate escaped.
  小偷被逮住了，但他的同伙却逃之夭夭。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sometimes Washington seemed within the Confederate grasp;
  有时华盛顿似乎落人了南部邦联的掌握之中；
• 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。
• They were Confederate soldiers walking home.
  他们都是些复员回家的联盟军士兵。
• 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。