| 单词 | coalition |
| 释义 | coalition (once / 407 pages) 1n 2n A coalition is a group of people who join together for a common cause, like a coalition you form with other skateboarders who want to convince your town to build a skate park. The noun coalition comes from the Latin word coalitiō, meaning "to grow together." Often, the people and groups that form coalitions have different backgrounds but come together because they share a goal. For example, parents, teachers, business owners, and city council members might form a coalition to build a teen center, just as nations that do not agree on all issues might form a coalition because they all want peace. WORD FAMILYcoalition: coalitions+/coalesce: coalesced, coalescency, coalesces, coalescing, coalition USAGE EXAMPLESIraq’s military, aided by air support from the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State, in October began a long-awaited offensive on Mosul. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Mr. Petraeus and retired astronaut Mark Kelly teamed up this year to launch the gun control advocacy group Veterans Coalition for Common Sense. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Freedom Online Coalition is a partnership of 30 governments co-ordinating their efforts to protect human rights in cyberspace. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) 1 1n the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts Syn|Hyper coalescence, coalescency, concretion, conglutination conjugation, jointure, unification, union, uniting the act of making or becoming a single unit 2n the state of being combined into one body 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper fusion alliance, confederation the state of being allied or confederated federalisation, federalizationthe state of being under federal control unification, union the state of being joined or united or linked n an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper alignment, alinement, alliance nonalignment, nonalinement people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty combination an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes) alliesan alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy axis, bloca group of countries in special alliance Alliesin World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers Central Powersin World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies Alliesthe alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945 Axisin World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations entente, entente cordialean informal alliance between countries popular fronta leftist coalition organized against a common opponent global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organizationan international alliance involving many different countries Northern Alliance, United Fronta multiethnic alliance in Afghanistan who practice a moderate form of Islam and are united in their opposition to the Taliban combination in restraint of trade(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States) Arab Leaguean international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation Common Market, EC, EEC, EU, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Unionan international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organizationan international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security OPCW, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weaponsinternational organization for chemical disarmament; administers the Chemical Weapons Convention OAS, Organization of American Statesan association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation OPEC, Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countriesan organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum League of Nationsan international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations; although suggested by Woodrow Wilson, the United States never joined and it remained powerless; it was dissolved in 1946 after the United Nations was formed communitya group of nations having common interests CIS, Commonwealth of Independent Statesan alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 UN, United Nationsan organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security scheduled territories, sterling area, sterling blocthe group of countries whose currencies are tied to the British pound sterling commonwealtha world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another WTO, World Trade Organizationan international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade organisation, organization a group of people who work together |
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