Word · Frequency #2320
Federals
联邦探员；联邦执法人员
Federals is the plural of federal.
A federal agent or law-enforcement officer.
- 1.
A federal agent or (chiefly law-enforcement) official.
联邦特工或(主要指执法机构的)联邦官员。
- 2.
A member of a Federal Party
联邦党成员。
- 3.
a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
美国内战期间联邦军成员。
- 4.
A supporter of federation.
联邦制的支持者。
- 5.
Someone on the Union side.
站在联邦一方的人。
- 6.
any federal law-enforcement officer
任何联邦执法官员。
（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。
In use
The federal pulled over the speeding car on the highway.
My grandfather was a federal who fought at Gettysburg.
Two federals knocked on the door to serve a warrant.
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.
两名联邦执法人员被指派参与调查。
the Federals
在美国内战语境中，the Federals 特指联邦军（北军）士兵。
The Federals advanced across the field.
Connections
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。
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。
Learner notes
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。
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。
Grammar Note
可数名词，指美国内战中的联邦士兵或联邦执法官员。
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.
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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