confederacy

1. N-COUNT A confederacy is a union of states or people who are trying to achieve the same thing. 同盟; 联盟

They've entered this new confederacy because the central government's been unable to control the collapsing economy. 他们已经参加了这个新同盟，因为中央政府已经不能控制摇摇欲坠的经济了。

2. N-PROPER The 11 southern states that fought against the North in the American Civil War are sometimes referred to as the Confederacy. 美国内战时的南部邦联['the' N]