coalition
/ˌkəʊəˈlɪʃən/noun
- a temporary alliance for combined action, especially of political parties forming a government or of states（尤指组成政府的政党、州的）临时结合, 联合, 联盟：
a coalition between Liberals and Conservatives
自由党成员和保守党成员的联盟
mass noun the SPD was in coalition with the CDU（德国）社民党与基民党结成联盟
as modifier a coalition government.联合政府。
派生词
coalitionist
noun词源
early 17th cent. （in the sense 'fusion'）： from medieval Latin coalitio（n-）, from the verb coalescere （see COALESCE）. Usage in politics dates from the late 18th cent.