Word · Frequency #24314
confederate
同盟者；联盟成员
A member of a confederacy.
- 1.
A member of a confederacy.
邦联成员。
- 2.
An accomplice in a plot.
阴谋的同谋；共犯。
同谋者；共犯；邦联成员。；阴谋的同谋；共犯。；同盟者；同盟国
In use
The police arrested the thief and his confederate who helped him carry the stolen goods.
Our company found a reliable confederate in the Asian market to expand our business.
Many farmers in the South were loyal confederates during the Civil War.
a confederate in [something]
He was a confederate in the robbery.
他是这起抢劫案中的同谋。
a confederate of [someone]
She acted as a confederate of the spy.
她扮演了那个间谍的同伙。
a Confederate
指美国内战时期南方邦联的支持者，首字母通常大写。
Many Confederates surrendered after the battle.
许多南方邦联支持者在战斗后投降了。
Common mistakes
The confederate was composed of several states.The Confederacy was composed of several states.
Confederate 作为名词指人（同盟者或南方邦联的支持者），而指国家联盟应用 confederacy 或 confederation。
He was a confederate of the thief.He was a confederate in the theft.
表示同谋时，confederate 后接介词 in 表示在某事中同谋，或接 with 表示与某人同谋，而非 of。
Connections
Collocations
- a confederate in crime
- 犯罪同伙
- The two men were confederates in crime.这两个男人是犯罪同伙。
- a confederate in a plot
- 阴谋同谋
- She was a confederate in a plot to kidnap the governor.她是绑架州长阴谋的同谋。
- a political confederate
- 政治盟友
- The senator and his political confederates voted against the bill.这位参议员和他的政治盟友投票反对该法案。
- a confederate in an alliance
- 联盟成员
- The state was a confederate in the defensive alliance.该州是防务联盟的成员。
Pop culture & quotes
- I heard the drums from the Confederate, and I heard them soundin'.
- 我听到了南方邦联的鼓声，我听到它们在敲响。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
confederate 的两种身份：光明正大结盟是联邦成员，暗中合谋就是同伙共犯。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：政治/历史、法律/犯罪 confederate 作名词时通常用于正式或书面语：一是指邦联或同盟的成员，多见于政治、历史语境；二是指阴谋或犯罪的同谋、共犯，多见于法律或正式叙述。日常口语中更常用 partner、ally 或 accomplice。
Grammar Note
常与with连用，表示与某人结盟或共谋。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The adjectives moderate, separate, deliberate, and considerate end in -ate with an unstressed sound /-ərət/ or /-ət/, like the final syllable of confederate. The verbs exaggerate and accelerate have the same -ate spelling but end in /-əreɪt/: lookalikes, not rhymes. None of these rhymes exactly with confederate because its stressed syllable is -fed- and these have different stressed vowels.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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