| 单词 | allegiance |
| 释义 | allegiance (əliːdʒəns ) Word forms: allegiances variable noun Your allegiance is your support for and loyalty to a particular group, person, or belief. My allegiance to Kendall and his company ran deep. [+ to] ...a community driven by strong ties and allegiances. Synonyms: loyalty, duty, obligation, devotion Quotations: You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds Collocations: change allegiances This caused the loyal supporters to change allegiances as a sign of support for their player. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The three main characters continually change allegiances and get the upper hand only to be thwarted by fellow outlaws, mysterious insurance investigators and each other. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At first, a player may only complete missions for his home nation, though they are able to change allegiances later on, allowing access to other nations' storylines. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He will not watch with a national allegiance but with an eye on the aesthetics of the game he once graced so stylishly. Times, Sunday Times Boundaries and national allegiance did not always matter. Times, Sunday Times A concern with the strangers' 'slipperiness', their lack of national allegiance and their mobility are common to both documents. The Times Literary Supplement He said he would argue for a five-year residency period and hinted that if he had his way, players would not be able to change their national allegiance at all. Times, Sunday Times Complex issues of identity and national allegiance would become prominent features in his fiction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He believed that unionized workers owe allegiance to somebody else, and not to the railroad company that employs them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Natural-born subjects owe allegiance wherever they may be. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For instance the two sides are called the uppies or the downies depending on which part of town they were born, or otherwise owe allegiance to. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He still owed allegiance to his former master and would have to vote according to his former master's wishes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Historically, a clan was made up of everyone who lived on the chief's territory, or on territory of those who owed allegiance to the said chief. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Only when it came to specific party allegiance did the influence of family outweigh that of genes. Times, Sunday Times To shore up support and test party allegiance, the prime minister was planning to hold a no-confidence vote next week. Times, Sunday Times In many places party allegiance was collective and hereditary rather than a matter of individual choice based on a logical comparison of policies. Times, Sunday Times Even in an era when strong party allegiance has declined, if not altogether fallen away, that psephological rule holds good. Times, Sunday Times Between 1936 and 1939 widespread efforts were made to create a people's front or popular front that would unite progressive opinion, independently of party allegiance. Times, Sunday Times The vast majority of any bureaucracy is made up of people with no political allegiance. Times, Sunday Times (2013) His theological view would always override any purely political allegiance. Times, Sunday Times (2010) But there are sites and blogs that entertain while dodging any overt political allegiance. Times, Sunday Times (2010) People were employed on the basis of political allegiance, chance meetings and connections to the powerful rather than expertise. Times, Sunday Times (2008) But I contest his suggestion about my political allegiance. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Party affiliations have weakened quickly; more people have a strong allegiance to their vote in 2016 than to a party. Times, Sunday Times The people of the region have strong allegiance to their traditional political authority. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Together they formed a strong allegiance in council advocating and representing their similar constituencies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was a strong allegiance with pop music, and the values and effectiveness of that in reaching out to a wide audience informed the poetry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are no strong allegiances to either town and this gave rise, particularly in the days before public road transport, to a strong sense of community independence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You swear allegiance to him every morning in school. The Sun I struggle to hear the voices in business and the arts, people who do not have to swear allegiance to the incumbent prime minister. Times, Sunday Times News travelled slowly, confounding efforts to swear allegiance to the right leader at the right time. The Times Literary Supplement Even the little blue pill comes with a discount if you swear allegiance to the little blue flag. The Sun Each of them said that he was willing to swear allegiance to the other if not chosen. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And he is planning to use his marriage to switch allegiance and keep his Paralympic dreams alive. The Sun (2012) Surprisingly, without the least coercion, many switched allegiance and would lead a security force patrol to the jungle base camp of their erstwhile comrades with enthusiasm. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Many of the men were mistrustful of a people who had switched allegiance halfway through a war, but Conrad couldn't really care. AMAGANSETT (2004) Then I pulled myself together and smartly switched allegiance, ditching the snug velvet tux for the interminable woollen scarf. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Translations: Chinese: 拥护 Japanese: 忠誠 |
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