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A confederate is someone who joins with others to help do something, often something secret or against the rules — like a partner in a plan. As an adjective, 'confederate' describes a group of states or people who have joined together for a shared purpose. In American history, 'the Confederate States' were the southern states that tried to leave the United States before the Civil War, a use of the word often connected to the fight to keep slavery, so it can feel like a heavy, historical word in the US.
同夥、共犯（一起做事，尤其偷偷摸摸的事）；美國史上的「南方邦聯」
原始詞典資料13 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Confederateadj
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historicalOf or relating to the Confederate States of America.
- Yes. Jeff Sessions, Trump’s Attorney General and the unfortunate result of Dobby the house elf’s one-night stand with the Confederate flag, got in trouble this-, (enjoy!) got in trouble this week for undisclosed meetings with Russia’s ambassadors, something which, in itself, is not against the law.
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historicalOf or relating to the political movement in favour of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.
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historicalOf or relating to Confederate Ireland or the Irish Confederate Wars.
Confederatenoun
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historicalA citizen of the Confederate States of America.
- In fact, I heard everything in the world except that the Confederates lost the war. When I was ten years old, it was a violent shock to learn that General Lee had been defeated.
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historicalA supporter of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.
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historicalA supporter of Irish Catholic self-rule during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
confederateadj詞源 1/kənˈfɛdəɹət/
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Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
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Banded together; allied.
- All the swords / In Italy, and her confederate arms, / Could not have made this peace.
- Hour after hour, remote from the world's throng, Work, contest, fame, all life's confederate pleas
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archaicobsoleteConfederated.
- Remember as thou read'ſt, thy promiſe paſt : I do repent me, reade not my name there, My heart is not confederate with my hand.
- And it was told the house of Dauid, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim: and his heart was moued, and the heart of his people as the trees of the wood are mooued with the wind.
confederatenoun詞源 1/kənˈfɛdəɹət/
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A member of a confederacy.
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An accomplice in a plot.
- By'th'vvay, vve met my vvife, her ſiſter, and a rabble more Of vilde confederates : […]
- He found some of his confederates in gaol.
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human-sciencespsychologysciencesAn accomplice in a plot.
- So how do you win the imitation game? “Just be yourself,” a past confederate advises Christian. But what does it mean to “be yourself”?
confederateverb詞源 2/kənˈfɛdəɹeɪt/
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To unite persons or states in a league, confederacy or conspiracy; to ally, league.
- With them the gods were confederated to break barbarian arrogance.
- All persons who conspire confederate and agree to murder any person whether a subject of Her Majesty or not and whether within the Queen's dominions or not, […] shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than ten years.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。