the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
a politically organized body of people under a single government;
"the state has elected a new president" "African nations" "students who had come to the nation's capitol" "the country's largest manufacturer" "an industrialized land"
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
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
组词搭配
形容词+～
non-capitalist commonwealth非资本主义国家
the British C- of Nations英联邦
～+介词
the commonwealth of artists艺术家协会
例句
用作名词(n.)
The three republics have decided to forma a commonwealth of independent states.这三个共和国家决定组成一个独立国家联合体。
He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
Puerto Rico remains a US commonwealth, not a state.波多黎各至今仍然是美国的一个自治政区，而不是一个州。
Dominion is a part of the British Commonwealth.自治领是英联邦的一个组成部分。
The British Commonwealth of Nation includes several nations.英联邦包括好几个国家。
词语用法
n.(名词)commonwealth的基本意思是“政治实体,共和国”,指独立的国家或团体,也可指“联邦,联合体”,即政治上相结合的集团。 the Commonwealth指由联合王国及原所辖的自治省和属地组成的大英国协; 也指英国共和政体,尤指克伦威尔统治下的一段时期。
