coalition

英 [ˌkəʊəˈlɪʃn]

美 [ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃn]

n.  (两党或多党)联合政府; (尤指多个政治团体的)联合体; 联合; 结合; 联盟

复数：coalitions　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8经济

Collins.3 / BNC.2996 / COCA.2241

牛津词典

noun

• （两党或多党）联合政府
  a government formed by two or more political parties working together
  1. to form a coalition
     组成联合政府
  2. a two-party coalition
     两党联合的政府
  3. a coalition government
     联合政府
• （尤指多个政治团体的）联合体，联盟
  a group formed by people from several different groups, especially political ones, agreeing to work together for a particular purpose
  1. a coalition of environmental and consumer groups
     环境保护和消费者团体的联盟
• 联合；结合；联盟
  the act of two or more groups joining together
  1. They didn't rule out coalition with the Social Democrats.
     他们不排除与社会民主党人结盟的可能性。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 联合政府
  Acoalitionis a government consisting of people from two or more political parties.
  1. Since June the country has had a coalition government...
     从6月份起，该国一直由一个联合政府执掌政权。
  2. It took five months for the coalition to agree on and publish a medium-term economic programme.
     联合政府花了5个月的时间才达成并公布了一项中期经济计划。
• N-COUNT (政党、社团等的)同盟，联盟
  Acoalitionis a group consisting of people from different political or social groups who are co-operating to achieve a particular aim.
  1. He had been opposed by a coalition of about 50 civil rights, women's and Latino organizations.
     大约有50个民权组织、女性社团和拉丁裔社团联合起来反对他。

英英释义

noun

• the union of diverse things into one body or form or group
  Synonym:coalescencecoalescencyconcretionconglutination
• an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
  Synonym:alliancealignmentalinement
• the state of being combined into one body
  Synonym:fusion

双语例句

• Secretary Clinton spoke today with her counterparts from leading nations of the coalition on all these matters.
  今天，克林顿国务卿和来自联盟中其他主要国家的领导人就所有这些问题进行了交谈。
• We were part of the most powerful wartime coalition in human history through World War II.
  二战中，我们参加了人类历史上最强大的战时联盟。
• His coalition may hold a clear majority but this could quickly fall away
  他的联盟也许会占绝对多数，但这种优势可能会很快丧失。
• The coalition did worse than expected, getting just 11.6 per cent of the vote.
  联盟只获得了11.6%的选票，比预想的还糟。
• The enemy coalition was unstable enough.
  敌人的联盟是很不稳固的。
• The coalition will face a full-on attack from the Government.
  该联盟将面临政府毫无保留的抨击。
• The Social Democrats say they are ready after all to begin talks on joining a coalition government.
  社会民主党人竟然说他们准备开始谈判加入联合政府了。
• It will be able to put together a governing coalition
  它将可以组成一个执政联盟。
• His policy risks fracturing the coalition
  他的政策有分裂联盟的风险。
• He said he hoped that the job of putting together a coalition wouldn't take too much time
  他说他希望结成联盟的工作不会耗时太久。