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

• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They ran into several thousand Confederate soldiers.
  他们冲进了几千同盟布阵中。
• They were Confederate soldiers walking home.
  他们都是些复员回家的联盟军士兵。
• A Confederate victory in the American Civil War ( 1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces.
  美国内战（1863）中同盟军的一次胜利；布拉格统治下的同盟军打败了联邦军队。
• One is owned by the Chicago Confederate bank.
  芝加哥联合银行买下了一张。
• 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。