名词
1. coalition的解释
1. During the war Britain was ruled by a coalition.
大战期间英国由联合政府主政。
1. 联合体：上面表格代表一个城市的市民参加AB**EF不同的党派(party)的比例,其中两个党派又会形成一个新的联合体(coalition),而这个联合体的人数比例不超过总人数的1/2,那么问C是不是在这个联合体中?
2. coalition：coal; 借助第三者力量
1. 联合政府
A coalition is a government consisting of people from two or more political parties.
e.g. Since June the country has had a coalition government...
从6月份起，该国一直由一个联合政府执掌政权。
e.g. It took five months for the coalition to agree on and publish a medium-term economic programme.
联合政府花了5个月的时间才达成并公布了一项中期经济计划。
2. (政党、社团等的)同盟，联盟
A coalition is a group consisting of people from different political or social groups who are co-operating to achieve a particular aim.
e.g. He had been opposed by a coalition of about 50 civil rights, women''s and Latino organizations.
大约有50个民权组织、女性社团和拉丁裔社团联合起来反对他。
noun
1. the union of diverse things into one body or form or group
the growing together of parts
Synonym: coalescencecoalescencyconcretionconglutination
2. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
Synonym: alliancealignmentalinement
3. the state of being combined into one body
Synonym: fusion