Commonwealth

1.英联邦（由英国和其他大多数曾经隶属于大英帝国的国家组成）an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and other countries, including most of the countries that used to be part of the British Empire

2.（用于美国肯塔基、马萨诸塞、宾夕法尼亚和弗吉尼亚四州的正式名称中）州used in the official names of, and to refer to, some states of the US (Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia)

3.（与美国联系紧密的）自治政区an independent country that is strongly connected to the US

4.（用于某些政治上相互有联系的国家集团的名称）联合体used in the names of some groups of countries or states that have chosen to be politically linked with each other

1.国家;(尤指)共和国;联邦

2.公民(社会);团体

3.〈美〉州

1.a group of countries that have the same political or economic interests

2.used as a part of the official name of the states of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia in the U.S.

3.a part of the U.S. that is not a state and has its own government, for example, Puerto Rico or the Northern Mariana Islands