federation
英[fedə'reɪʃ(ə)n]
美['fɛdə'reʃən]
- n. 联合；联邦；联盟；联邦政府
英英释意
- 1. an organization formed by merging several groups or parties
- 2. a union of political organizations
- 3. the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs