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confederates
同盟者；联盟成员
confederates is the plural of confederate.
核心释义
A member of a confederacy.
- 1.
邦联成员。
A member of a confederacy.
- 2.
阴谋的同谋；共犯。
An accomplice in a plot.
同谋者；共犯；邦联成员。；阴谋的同谋；共犯。；同盟者；同盟国
用法In use
The police arrested the thief and his confederate who helped him carry the stolen goods.
用法提示：confederate 作名词，表示“同谋者、共犯”，与 thief 并列作宾语。
Our company found a reliable confederate in the Asian market to expand our business.
用法提示：confederate 作名词，表示“同盟者、盟友”，与介词 in 连用。
Many farmers in the South were loyal confederates during the Civil War.
用法提示：confederate 作名词，表示“南部邦联支持者”，带复数形式。
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]
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
语法说明Grammar Note
常与with连用，表示与某人结盟或共谋。
发音与拼写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.
用法优先级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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