an organization consisting of countries, businesses, etc. that have joined together in order to help each other 联盟；联合体 the Confederation of British Industry 英国工业联合会
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc2The Franks were originally a loose confederation of Germanic tribes. 法兰克人原来是日尔曼部落的一个松散部落。 a confederation between two states 两国之间的联盟 a confederation of employers 雇主联盟 a loose confederation of states. 松散的国家联盟
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- loose
- establish
- form
- found
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- confederation between
- confederation of
- Confederation
(in Canada) the joining together of provinces and territories forming Canada, which began 1 July, 1867 加拿大联邦（从 1867 年 7 月 1 日起由若干省和地区组成加拿大）
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French confederacion or late Latin confederatio(n-), from Latin confoederare, from con- ‘together’ + foederare ‘join in league with’ (from foedus ‘league, treaty’).