冠军杯结束了，巴萨取得了西班牙史无前例的三冠伟业，夺冠的兴奋和激情还将持续一段时间。 欧洲各国的联赛也已基本收官了，足球快要进入一段暂停期。 不过今年6月份，在南非还将有一项国际赛事——联合会杯。 今天Learn a Word就学习这个联合会杯的英文怎么说 — Confederations Cup Confederation这个单词的意思也是“同盟；联盟；联邦”，跟federation很相近，不过还是有差别的，google了一下，他们之间的区别大概是这样的： federation – a union comprising of partially self-governing states/regions united by a central government. In a federation, the self-governing status of the component states is typically constitutionally entrenched and may not be altered by a unilateral decision of the central government. confederation – an assocaition [...]