federal
/ˈfedərəl/adjective
1- having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs联邦（制）的：
a federal Europe.
联邦制的欧洲。
1.1
- of, relating to, or denoting the central government as distinguished from the separate units constituting a federation（与）联邦政府的（有关的）：
the health ministry has sole federal responsibility for health care.
卫生部是联邦政府唯一对保健事业负责的部门。
1.2
Federal
US historical of the Northern States in the Civil War〈美, 史〉（美国内战时期）北部联邦政府的。
派生词
federalization
nounfederalize
（亦作-ise）verbfederally
adverb词源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin foedus, foeder- 'league, covenant' + -AL.