confederacy
US /kənˈfed.ɚ.ə.si/
UK /kənˈfed.ər.ə.si/
名詞
1.
聯盟, 邦聯
a league or alliance, especially of confederate states
範例:
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The tribes formed a confederacy to defend their territory.
這些部落組成了一個聯盟來保衛他們的領土。
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The Iroquois Confederacy was a powerful political union.
易洛魁聯盟是一個強大的政治聯盟。
2.
南部邦聯, 美利堅聯盟國
the group of 11 Southern states that separated from the US during the Civil War
範例:
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The Confederacy was defeated in 1865.
南部邦聯在1865年戰敗。
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The capital of the Confederacy was Richmond, Virginia.
南部邦聯的首都是弗吉尼亞州的里士滿。