| 单词 | confederate |
| 释义 | confederateWord family nounconfederacyconfederationadjectiveconfederalconfederateconfederative Groupings con·fed·e·rate /kənˈfedərət/ noun [countableC] 1 formalHELP someone who helps someone else do something, especially something secret or illegal 共犯，同谋，同伙，党羽 SYN accomplice The young woman was his confederate, of course. 这个年轻女子当然是他的同谋。 2. PPGa member of a confederacy 联盟者，同盟者，盟友；盟国 —confederate adjectiveadj Examples from the Corpus confederate• Men are more likely to be assessed on active behaviours like administration of electric shocks to an experimental confederate.• Billy Sullivan felt worried as he waited by the Rotherhithe Tunnel entrance for his confederates.• A riot began when drug traffickers tried to free their jailed confederates.• The two of us, for once, were confederates. (1300-1400) Late Latin past participle of confoederare, from Latin com- ( → COM-) + foedus ( → FEDERAL) |
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