commonwealth
n
1 [C]
(a) independent State or community 獨立的國家或團體、 集體
measures for the good of the commonwealth 有利於集體的措施.
(b) group of States that have chosen to be politically linked (政治上相結合的國家組成的)集團
the Commonwealth of Australia 澳大利亞聯邦.
2 the Commonwealth [sing]
the association consisting of the UK and various independent States (previously subject to Britain) and dependencies 英聯邦(由聯合王國及原所轄的自治省和屬地組成的聯邦).