n.

1. 全体国民，全体公民[G]
2. 政治实体，国家；共和国，民主国[C]
3. （大写）联邦[the S]
   The Commonwealth of Australia

   澳大利亚联邦

4. 【美】（大写）州（尤用于马萨诸塞、宾夕法尼亚、肯塔基、弗吉尼亚四州）[the S]
5. 【美】（常大写）自治政区
6. （由共同利益或兴趣组成的）协会界
   the commonwealth of learning

   学术界

7. 【古】公益，公共福利

n.

1. an independent state or community, especially a democratic republic.
   ▸a grouping of states or other bodies.
   ▸a self-governing unit voluntarily grouped with the US, such as Puerto Rico.
   ▸a formal title of certain US states.
   ▸the title of the federated Australian states.
2. (the Commonwealth) (in full the Commonwealth of Nations) an international association consisting of the UK together with states that were previously part of the British Empire, and dependencies.
3. (the Commonwealth) the republican period of government in Britain between the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the Restoration of Charles II in 1660.
4. (the commonwealth) archaic the general good.