federal是什么意思？

federal

英[ˈfedərəl] 美[ˈfɛdərəl, ˈfɛdrəl]

• adj. 联邦（制）的，同盟的；
• n. 联邦主义者，同盟盟友；

复数：federals;

副词：federally;

例句

• A lawyer for the disgraced financier Bernard L. Madoff told a federal judge on Tuesday that Mr. Madoff was expected to plead guilty later this week to charges that could result in his spending the rest of his life in prison. 不光彩的金融家伯纳德-麦道夫的代理律师周二告诉一位联邦法官，麦道夫先生有望本周晚些时候承认那些可能导致他的下半生都在监狱度过的罪状。
• A federal judge upheld the undercover methods used in the case. 一位联邦法官主张在此案中使用秘密的方法。
• The energy-rich western province has a testy relationship with the federal government. 这是西部一个有着非常丰富资源的省份，它和政府的关系很不稳定。
• The federal government gambled hundreds of thousands of dollars in research funds to work on the project. 联邦政府为了这项研究计划冒险动用了好几十万美元的资金。
• The Trans-Canada highway is a federal responsibility. 横跨加拿大的交通干线是由联邦政府管理的。
• Switzerland is a federal republic. 瑞士是一个联邦共和国。
• The federal government apportioned money among the states. 联邦政府在各州间分配资金。
• Mr Milner persuaded the federal prosecutors not to lock up his client... 米尔纳先生说服联邦检察官不把他的当事人关起来。
• He assigned federal agents to listen in on Martin Luther King's phone calls. 他派了联邦探员去窃听马丁·路德·金的电话。
• They persuaded the Federal Reserve to back off of tight money. 他们说服了联邦储备局在货币奇紧的情况下向他们让步.

同义词

• adj.
  federal的同义词之：联邦制的
  in, federated, alliance, allied, united, confederate, leagued,
• federal的同义词之：其他释义
  national, joint,

英语四级真题

The only industries swelling their payrolls are health care, utilities and the federal government.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
They are owned by individuals and by private businesses and corporations, lending institutions, direct mailing and telemarketing firms, credit bureaus, credit card companies, and government agencies at the local, state, and federal level.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
To conform to the Federal guidelines
出自-2012年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

Government bonds are a secure investment because these bonds have the financial backing and full faith and credit of the federal government.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
Scholars will debate which interventions this time - the Federal Reserve's support of a failing credit system, guarantees of bank debt, Obama's ''stimulus" plan and bank "stress test" - counted most in preventing a recurrence.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
Amid the current concerns about the federal deficit, reaching toward the stars seems a dispensable luxury—as if saving one-thousandth of a single year's budget would solve our problems.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  联邦的;联邦制的
  A federal country or system of government is one in which the different states or provinces of the country have important powers to make their own laws and decisions.
  例句
  Five of the six provinces are to become autonomous regions in a new federal system of government. 在新的联邦政府体制中，6 省中的 5 个将成为自治区。
• ADJ-GRADED
  中央集权式的;集权式联邦制的
  Some people use federal to describe a system of government which they disapprove of, in which the different states or provinces are controlled by a strong central government.
  例句
  He does not believe in a federal Europe with centralising powers. 他认为一个集权式联邦制在欧洲是不可行的。
• ADJ
  归属联邦政府的;与联邦政府有关的
  Federal also means belonging or relating to the national government of a federal country rather than to one of the states within it.
  例句
  The federal government controls just 6% of the education budget. 联邦政府仅掌控 6％的教育预算。 ...a federal judge. 联邦法官
• N-COUNT
  同fed
  Federals are the same as feds .

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  联邦(制)的
  Switzerland is a federal republic. 瑞士是一个联邦共和国。
  （尤指美国联邦制下的）联邦政府的
  The Trans-Canada highway is a federal responsibility. 横跨加拿大的交通干线是由联邦政府管理的。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units;
  "the Federal Bureau of Investigation""federal courts""the federal highway program""federal property"
  2. of or relating to the central government of a federation;
  "a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government"
  3. characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities;
  "a federal system like that of the United States""federal governments often evolved out of confederatons"