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

• 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。
• 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 thief was arrested, but his Confederate escaped.
  小偷被逮住了，但他的同伙却逃之夭夭。
• Who freed all his slaves before taking command of the Confederate Army.
  在李将军担任南方军的统领前，他解放了他所有的奴隶。
• Used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War ( who wore gray uniforms).
  用于表明美国内战联盟军队的（穿灰色制服的）。
• Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation emancipated slaves in the Confederate states.
  林肯的解放宣言解放了南部联邦的奴隶。
• One is owned by the Chicago Confederate bank.
  芝加哥联合银行买下了一张。
• They ran into several thousand Confederate soldiers.
  他们冲进了几千同盟布阵中。
• I mean a confederate republic.
  我所说的这种政体便是联邦共和国。
• In the American Civil War the Confederate state took the offensive.
  美国南北战争中，南军采取攻势。