名詞 coalition:

1. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
   同義詞：alliance, alignment, alinement
2. the state of being combined into one body
   同義詞：fusion
3. the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
   同義詞：coalescence, coalescency, concretion, conglutination

1. When the coalition was formed, the Communists were left out in the cold.
   各黨形成聯(lián)盟時(shí)，共產(chǎn)黨人被排斥在外。
2. The party may realign (itself) with Labour in a new coalition.
   該黨可能與工黨重新組成新的聯(lián)盟。
3. The two parties have united to form a coalition.
   這兩個(gè)黨已結(jié)成聯(lián)盟。
4. Some of the parties in Spain formed a coalition government.
   西班牙的一些政黨組成了一個(gè)聯(lián)合政府。

co.a.li.tion

n.（名詞）
An alliance, especially a temporary one, of people, factions, parties, or nations.
聯(lián)盟：人民、派別、政黨或國(guó)家的聯(lián)合，尤指暫時(shí)聯(lián)合
A combination into one body; a union.
結(jié)為一體；聯(lián)盟

來(lái)源：
French
法語(yǔ)
from Medieval Latin coalitiô coalitiôn-
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) coalitiô coalitiôn-
from Latin coalitus [past participle of] coalôscere [to grow together] * see coalesce
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) coalitus [] coalôscere的過(guò)去分詞 [一起成長(zhǎng)] *參見(jiàn) coalesce

【引伸】
co.ali.tionist
n.（名詞）