commonwealth
n.
1. 公民（社会）； 团体； 国家； 共和国； 联邦
The Commonwealth of Australia
澳大利亚联邦
2. ［美］州（只用于 Massachusetts， Pennsylvania， Virginia， Kentucky 州）
commonwealth [republic] of letters
文学界， 文坛
the C-
【史】共和政体； 英联邦
the commonwealth of artists
艺术家协会
commonwealth of learning
学术界， 文化界
the British C-of Nations
英联邦
The official report of the proceedings and debates of a legislature in the Commonwealth of Nations, especially of the British or Canadian parliament.
英国议会议事录在不列颠联邦内产生的立法争论和议事进程的官方报告，尤指英国或加拿大议会
The Commonwealth agreed to make a compact with this country.
英联邦同意和这个国家订约。
名词commonwealth
1. a politically organized body of people under a single government
2. a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another
3. the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
4. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
同义词
n. 共和国
n. 国家,联邦
n. 公民社会,团体
其他：democracy