commonweal

大学

n. 公益

发音

其它 /ˌkɒmənˈwiːl/

词形变化

commonweals 复数 commonweals

别名

common weal

教材释义与例句

名词

公益；大众福利；共和国

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The common good; public wellbeing or prosperity.

    古体
  2. 2.

    The body politic; republic.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

common good

上位词 1

good

词源

From Middle English comun wele, commen wele, comune wele, equivalent to common (“public”) + weal (“well-being”). By the 1520s used by some authors as the equivalent of res publica (republic), alongside commonwealth from about the same time.

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