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.
双语例句
例： 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。
例： Czechoslovakia would remain a federal state.
捷克斯洛伐克仍然会是一个联邦制国家。