commonwealth
US:/ˈkɑmənˌwelθ/
UK:/ˈkɒmənˌwelθ/
n.:
英联邦（由英国和其他大多数曾经隶属于大英帝国的国家组成）
网络:
共和国；国民整体；联合体
Word forms: (复数) commonwealths
Examples
1.
The Commonwealth Ministers Action Group held a meeting in London Monday and decided to resume Pakistan's Commonwealth membership.
英联邦部长行动小组12日在伦敦召开会议决定，恢复巴基斯坦的英联邦成员资格。
2.
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown escorts Obama to a news conference at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.
英国首相戈登布朗护送奥巴马去一个在伦敦举行外交和联邦事务新闻发布会。
3.
A gang of murderous robbers in broad daylight into the Commonwealth Bank, the Bank treasury surrounded the taking of the treasury staff.
一帮凶残劫匪在光天化日之下闯入联邦银行，将银行金库包围，劫持了金库内的工作人员。
4.
At the opening ceremony the head of Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth, said the organisation had the opportunity to lead once more.
开幕仪式上，英联邦首脑伊丽莎白女王说这个组织又将重新领导世界。
5.
He says it will be a massive experience and will undoubtedly help them in the build-up to the next Commonwealth Games.
他说，这将是一个积攒经验的好机会，同时也为将要举行英联邦运动会建立了巨大的信心。
6.
But once the Anglo-French divide is transcended, the question of what defines the Commonwealth becomes still harder.
但一旦超越了英法分歧，英联邦就更难界定了。
7.
However, he said the decision would have to be approved by all Commonwealth countries.
然而，他说这项决定还必须通过多有共和国国家的认同。
8.
At the opening ceremony, the head of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth, said the organization had the opportunity to lead once more.
在开幕式上，英联邦国家的首脑及伊丽莎白女王表示，英联邦国家将再一次引领世界。
9.
Underneath the surface of an ideal commonwealth the author is in fact talking about a paradox the ideal society and its functionality.
在一个所谓的“理想社会”的表面之下，托马斯·莫尔表述的是一个悖论：理想社会及其虚构性。
10.
Perhaps, but one notable guest will not be there to see it: to India's fury the Queen, the head of the Commonwealth, has decided not to go.
也许，除了一个显著的客人不会在那里看这次运动会，印度的女王，英联邦元首，已经决定不去了。