Confederating
v. 联合, 结盟（confederate的现在分词形式）
🗣️ 情景例句
6:00 sharp, please.
请6点整叫我。
A young married couple moved in next door to us.
一对年轻结婚的夫妇搬到了我们的隔壁。
When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written.
但记者还是没有回复。编辑无奈，勉强按原样发稿了。