coalition

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kəʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/    美 /koʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage. countable,uncountable
    — The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010.
  2. The collective noun for a group of cheetahs. countable,rare,uncountable
    — Sometimes the ante is upped, the gaggle of bowlers all working on their batsman in turn, like a coalition of cheetahs singling out a vulnerable gazelle, sending their distinctive balls down until the pressure forces a mistake or the batsman gets his own back by smashing a bad ball over everyone’s heads.

词形变化

coalitions plural coälition alternative,rare

词汇关系

衍生词
anticoalition Coalie coalitional coalitionary coalition builder coalitioner coalition government coalitionism coalitionist coalition logic coalition of the willing coalitionology countercoalition Epstein coalition First Coalition Fourth Coalition grand coalition intercoalition intracoalition Jamaica coalition noncoalition precoalition rainbow coalition Second Coalition subcoalition supercoalition Third Coalition traffic light coalition

词源

Borrowed from Middle French coalition, from Medieval Latin coalitiō, coalitiōnem, from Latin coalitus. Compare coalescence.
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