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？
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。
The Russian Federation has issued a decree abolishing special privileges for government officials.
俄罗斯联邦已经颁布法令废除政府官员的特权。
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。
The German sports federation said it would hold an investigation.
德国体育联合会称它将进行调查。
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 Consumer Federation claims banks are ripping you off by not passing along savings on interest rates
消费者联盟声称银行在坑骗客户，因为它们没有把从利率上节省下的钱拿来进行反馈。
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。
Last year it issued several guarantees in support of loans to banks in Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
去年，该机构提供了几笔担保，支持乌克兰和俄罗斯的银行发放贷款。
Federation of Balkan Turks and Association for emigrees;
巴尔干土耳其人联合会和移徙者协会；