n.

1. 全體國民，全體公民[G]
2. 政治實體，國家；共和國，民主國[C]
3. （大寫）聯邦[the S]
   The Commonwealth of Australia

   澳大利亞聯邦

4. 【美】（大寫）州（尤用於麻薩諸塞、賓夕凡尼亞、肯塔基、維吉尼亞四州）[the S]
5. 【美】（常大寫）自治政區
6. （由共同利益或興趣組成的）協會界
   the commonwealth of learning

   學術界

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.