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allegiance

/uh-lee-juhns/US // əˈli dʒəns //UK // (əˈliːdʒəns) //

效忠,忠贞,忠心,忠诚

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the loyalty of a citizen to his or her government or of a subject to his or her sovereign.
    • : loyalty or devotion to some person, group, cause, or the like.

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Examples

  • They were meant, she says, to be “a public display of your allegiance.”

  • Weaned on the good stuff, they’re adventurous in their tastes and fickle in their allegiance.

  • When Rory spills out of Logan’s limo o’ dudes, champagne drunk and dripping with diamonds, she’s officially transferred her allegiances over to the elder Gilmore world, and Lorelai knows it.

  • More than half the athletes racing were in Nike spikes—their allegiance visible from the stands thanks to the neon yellow of their shoes.

  • The law has scrambled typical political allegiances, with law enforcement groups and some Democrats on one side, and Republicans and a handful of Democrats on the other.

  • “It is our Islamic obligation to pledge allegiance to the Islamic State and give it our Islamic fealty,” he said.

  • The capital of Chechnya, Grozny, was attacked Thursday by insurgents who may have sworn allegiance to ISIS.

  • It is likely that Baghdadi has officially gained the allegiance of a number of fighters.

  • Indeed, the group highlighted the oaths of allegiance in today's beheading video.

  • Their “consistently liberal” corollaries split their allegiance among CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and The New York Times.

  • The rebel Planner had fallen from his allegiance, and was making his terms with the enemy.

  • Yet it seems all but certain that he was in Edward's allegiance within three weeks before the battle.

  • A citizen of the United States who resides in a state owes a double allegiance, and can demand protection from each government.

  • Citizen-ship implies the duty of allegiance to the government, and the right of protection from it.

  • Instinct had prompted her to put away her husband's bounty in casting off her allegiance.

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