federal

英 [ˈfedərəl]

美 [ˈfedərəl]

adj.  联邦制的; (在美国、加拿大等联邦制下)联邦政府的
n.  联邦主义者; 同盟盟友

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牛津词典

adj.

• 联邦制的
  having a system of government in which the individual states of a country have control over their own affairs, but are controlled by a central government for national decisions, etc.
  1. a federal republic
     联邦共和国
• （在美国、加拿大等联邦制下）联邦政府的
  (within a federal system , for example the US and Canada) connected with national government rather than the local government of an individual state
  1. a federal law
     联邦法
  2. state and federal income taxes
     州政府和联邦政府征收的所得税

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 联邦的;联邦制的
  Afederalcountry or system of government is one in which the different states or provinces of the country have important powers to make their own laws and decisions.
  1. Five of the six provinces are to become autonomous regions in a new federal system of government.
     在新的联邦政府体制中，6 省中的 5 个将成为自治区。
• ADJ-GRADED 中央集权式的;集权式联邦制的
  Some people usefederalto describe a system of government which they disapprove of, in which the different states or provinces are controlled by a strong central government.
  1. He does not believe in a federal Europe with centralising powers.
     他认为一个集权式联邦制在欧洲是不可行的。
• ADJ 归属联邦政府的;与联邦政府有关的
  Federalalso means belonging or relating to the national government of a federal country rather than to one of the states within it.
  1. The federal government controls just 6% of the education budget.
     联邦政府仅掌控 6％的教育预算。
  2. ...a federal judge.
     联邦法官
• 同fed
  Federalsare the same asfeds.

英英释义

adj

• national
  1. the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  2. federal courts
  3. the federal highway program
  4. federal property
• characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
  1. a federal system like that of the United States
  2. federal governments often evolved out of confederations
• of or relating to the central government of a federation
  1. a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government

双语例句

• Senate negotiators further narrowed their differences over the level of federal spending for anti-drug programs.
  关于联邦政府在反毒品项目上的支出问题，参议院的谈判代表们进一步缩小了分歧。
• They're ready to cut the federal budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
  他们已准备好削减下一财年的联邦预算赤字。
• When the development bubble burst, federal regulators started probing the balance sheets of the biggest banks.
  房地产开发泡沫破灭后，联邦监管机构开始调查审计各家大型银行的资产负债表。
• Last month, a federal grand jury began mulling evidence in the case
  联邦大陪审团于上月开始仔细审查本案的证据。
• The fund has been used largely to finance the construction of federal prisons
  该基金大部分用于了资助联邦监狱的建造。
• They are proscribed by federal law from owning guns.
  根据联邦法律的规定，他们不准拥有枪支。
• He assigned federal agents to listen in on Martin Luther King's phone calls.
  他派了联邦探员去窃听马丁·路德·金的电话。
• The Federal Republic must loosen its ties with the United States
  联邦共和国必须疏远其与美国的关系。
• A lot of what he's been hearing from the federal government is, quote, BS.
  他从联邦政府那儿听来的很多消息都是，嗯“屁话”。
• Many business groups have been pressing the Federal Reserve to loosen interest rates
  不少企业集团一直在向联邦储备委员会施压，要求其放松利率管制。