coalitions

英 [ˌkəʊəˈlɪʃənz]

美 [ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃənz]

n. (两党或多党)联合政府; (尤指多个政治团体的)联合体; 联合; 结合; 联盟
coalition的复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 联合政府
Acoalitionis a government consisting of people from two or more political parties.
1. 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。
2. 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。
N-COUNT (政党、社团等的)同盟，联盟
Acoalitionis a group consisting of people from different political or social groups who are co-operating to achieve a particular aim.
1. 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。