| 单词 | commonwealth |
| 释义 | commonwealth (once / 457 pages) 1n 2n 3n A commonwealth refers to any group of people organized under a single government, particularly a republic. If you live in the United States of America, you live in a commonwealth. Comprised of the roots common, meaning "belonging to all," and wealth, meaning "happiness or riches," the word commonwealth originally referred to the government of England from 1649 to 1660. Nowadays, a commonwealth has come to mean any government in which all people involved have a say, or a loose formation of nations with a shared loyalty. It is also the official designation of a few states including, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia and some U.S. territories. WORD FAMILYcommonwealth: commonwealths USAGE EXAMPLESSome of the smaller organisations to receive donations include The Fell Pony Society, while larger organisations such as The Queen's Commonwealth Trust are also recipients. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) The 77-year-old is suffering from “severe dementia” and will not be charged with a crime, Alexandria Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter said Wednesday. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) The Congress party politician was sacked from his Commonwealth role in 2011 and spent 10 months in jail before being freed on bail. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1n a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them Syn|Hypo|Hyper democracy, republic Weimar Republic the German republic founded at Weimar in 1919 parliamentary democracya democracy having a parliament form of government, political system the members of a social organization who are in power 2n a politically organized body of people under a single government 2Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper body politic, country, land, nation, res publica, state Tamil Eelam the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for Carthagean ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697 commonwealth country any of the countries in the British Commonwealth developing countrya country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically Dominionone of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth foreign countryany state of which one is not a citizen Reichthe German state renegade state, rogue nation, rogue statea state that does not respect other states in its international actions suzeraina state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs sea powera nation that possesses formidable naval strength great power, major power, power, superpower, world powera state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world city state, city-statea state consisting of a sovereign city allya friendly nation Hohenzollern empire, Second Reichthe Reich when Hohenzollern monarchs ruled Germany (from 1871 to 1919) Nazi Germany, Third Reichthe Nazi dictatorship under Hitler (1933-1945) hegemona leading or paramount power political entity, political unit a unit with political responsibilities n 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 3Hypo|Hyper British Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization an international alliance involving many different countries n the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico) Exp|Hyper Commonwealth of Puerto Rico a self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico province, state the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation |
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