the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
a politically organized body of people under a single government;
\\\"the state has elected a new president\\\"
\\\"African nations\\\"
\\\"students who had come to the nation\\\'s capitol\\\"
\\\"the country\\\'s largest manufacturer\\\"
\\\"an industrialized land\\\"
a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
造句
用作名詞(n.)
The three republics have decided to forma a commonwealth of independent states. 這三個共和國家決定組成一個獨立國家聯合體。
He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists. 他是藝術家協會的主席。
Puerto Rico remains a US commonwealth, not a state. 波多黎各至今仍然是美國的一個自治政區，而不是一個州。
Dominion is a part of the British Commonwealth. 自治領是英聯邦的一個組成部分。
The British Commonwealth of Nation includes several nations. 英聯邦包括好幾個國家。
常用短語
用作名詞 (n.)
形容詞+～
non-capitalist commonwealth
非資本主義國家
the British C- of Nations
英聯邦
～+介詞
the commonwealth of artists
藝術家協會
組詞
Writers on publick law have often called this aggregate of nations a commonwealth.