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

• You have a confederate who signals you.
  你那边有个托儿告诉你了。
• I mean a confederate republic.
  我所说的这种政体便是联邦共和国。
• Our government decided to confederate our state with the three states nearby in order to contend with our common enemy.
  我国政府决定与附近三个国家结成同盟，与我们共同的敌人抗衡。
• They ran into several thousand Confederate soldiers.
  他们冲进了几千同盟布阵中。
• In the American Civil War the Confederate state took the offensive.
  美国南北战争中，南军采取攻势。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many times his sightings of Confederate troop movements prevented heavy losses to the Union forces.
  有许多次，由于他观测到南方同盟军队的调动情况，使联邦军队避免了严重损失。
• A Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War.
  美国内战期间南方联盟军的游击队。
• The thief was arrested, but his Confederate escaped.
  小偷被逮住了，但他的同伙却逃之夭夭。