commonwealth
n
1 [C]
(a) independent State or community 独立的国家或团体、 集体
measures for the good of the commonwealth 有利於集体的措施.
(b) group of States that have chosen to be politically linked (政治上相结合的国家组成的)集团
the Commonwealth of Australia 澳大利亚联邦.
2 the Commonwealth [sing]
the association consisting of the UK and various independent States (previously subject to Britain) and dependencies 英联邦(由联合王国及原所辖的自治省和属地组成的联邦).