Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #2320
Federal
联邦探员；联邦执法人员
核心释义
A federal agent or law-enforcement officer.
- 1.
联邦特工或(主要指执法机构的)联邦官员。
A federal agent or (chiefly law-enforcement) official.
- 2.
联邦党成员。
A member of a Federal Party
- 3.
美国内战期间联邦军成员。
a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
- 4.
联邦制的支持者。
A supporter of federation.
- 5.
站在联邦一方的人。
Someone on the Union side.
- 6.
任何联邦执法官员。
any federal law-enforcement officer
（美国内战时期的）北军士兵；联邦派支持者；联邦党成员；联邦制支持者；联邦特工或(主要指执法机构的)联邦官员。；联邦党成员。；美国内战期间联邦军成员。
用法In use
The federal pulled over the speeding car on the highway.
用法提示：federal作为名词，指联邦执法官员，在句中作主语。
My grandfather was a federal who fought at Gettysburg.
用法提示：federal作为名词，指南北战争中的联邦士兵，在句中作表语。
Two federals knocked on the door to serve a warrant.
用法提示：federal作为可数名词复数形式，在句中作主语。
a federal
federal 作名词时为可数名词，常指联邦执法人员或联邦官员。
A federal stopped the car near the border.
一名联邦探员在边境附近拦下了那辆车。
Federals
复数形式为 Federals；在指联邦党成员或北军士兵时，首字母通常大写。
Two Federals were assigned to the investigation.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- the Federals
- 联邦军队；北军
- The Federals crossed the river under heavy fire.联邦军队在猛烈的炮火下渡河。
- Federals and Confederates
- 北军与南军；联邦军与邦联军
- Artillery fire rained down on both Federals and Confederates.炮火如雨般落在北军和南军双方头上。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- make a federal case out of something
- 把某事小题大做；对某事大惊小怪The boss made a federal case out of a small typo in the report.老板把报告里的一个小笔误小题大做。
近义词Synonyms
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记住词头fed，联想到FBI（联邦调查局）的Federal；federal作名词就是联邦一方的人：探员、北军士兵或联邦制支持者。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：新闻报道中的执法话题、日常谈话、历史或政治讨论 名词 federal 的语域随所指不同而变化：指联邦执法人员或特工时多用于非正式或新闻报道语境；指美国内战时期的北军士兵或联邦党成员时则比较常见于历史或正式讨论。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，指美国内战中的联邦士兵或联邦执法官员。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words fully rhymes with federal /ˈfɛdɚəl/. All five share the spelling pattern -eral and a similar weak final syllable /-ərəl/, but their stressed vowels and following consonants differ. In particular, general and federal look like they should rhyme because they both end in -eral; they do not.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
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