confederacies是什么意思？

confederacies

• n. （尤指国家之间的）联盟，同盟( confederacy的名词复数 )；

例句

• Wars broke out from time to time among Toydarian confederacies when food supplies were low. 每当食品供应紧缺,托伊达里亚人的各个集团之间就会爆发战争.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  同盟;联盟;联邦
  A confederacy is a union of states or people who are trying to achieve the same thing.
  例句
  They've entered this new confederacy because the central government's been unable to control the collapsing economy. 由于中央政府无力控制逐渐崩溃的经济，所以他们加入了这个新联盟。