A federal country or system of government is one in which the different states or provinces of the country have important powers to make their own laws and decisions.
Five of the six provinces are to become autonomous regions in a new federal system of government.
在新的联邦政府体制下,6省中的5个将成为自治区。
Czechoslovakia would remain a federal state.
捷克斯洛伐克仍然会是一个联邦制国家。
Federal also means belonging or relating to the national government of a federal country rather than to one of the states within it.
The federal government controls just 6 of the education budget.
联邦政府只掌控教育预算的6%。
A federal judge ruled in her favour.
一位联邦法官作出了对她有利的判决。