Federation

(noun.) the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs.

(noun.) an organization formed by merging several groups or parties.

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• Belonging to the Federation, he had been compelled by his honour to close the pits against his men. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• There was a crisis when Gerald was a boy, when the Masters' Federation closed down the mines because the men would not accept a reduction. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Does this League of Nations which has been created by the covenant of 1919 contain within it the germ of any permanent federation of human effort? 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Till the war-drums throb'd no longer, and the battle-flags were furl'd In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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