| 单词 | loyal |
| 释义 | loyal (once / 227 pages) adj If you are faithful and devoted to someone or something, you're loyal. If you refuse to buy milk from anyone other than Farmer Jones, then you're a very loyal customer. Someone who is loyal is reliable and always true, like your trusty dog. Loyal comes from the Old French word loial which means something like "legal," but if someone is only loyal to you because the law requires him to be, that's not true loyalty, which should come from the heart, not a contract. A loyal friend supports you all the time, no matter what. You can also be loyal to an idea, like the People's Revolution, or girl-power. WORD FAMILYloyal: disloyal, loyaler, loyalest, loyalist, loyally+/disloyal: disloyally/loyalist: loyalists USAGE EXAMPLESThey control northwest Yemen, while Hadi and forces nominally loyal to him oversee portions of the south and east. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Will Congress play its role in checking raw executive power, or will Republican majorities be loyal to party first? Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Perhaps more impressive was the proximity she kept to the line honours winner Loyal. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj steadfast in allegiance or duty loyal subjects loyal friends stood by him Syn|Ant allegiant steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government) doglikeresembling a dog; especially in devotion hard-core, hardcoreintensely loyal lealfaithful and true liegeowing or owed feudal allegiance and service true-bluemarked by unswerving loyalty patrioticinspired by love for your country disloyal deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle faithless, traitorous, treasonable, treasonous, unfaithfulhaving the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor insurgent, seditious, subversivein opposition to a civil authority or government mutinousconsisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny rebelliousparticipating in organized resistance to a constituted government recreant, renegadehaving deserted a cause or principle disloyal, unpatrioticshowing lack of love for your country 2adj inspired by love for your country Syn|Ant patriotic chauvinistic, flag-waving, jingoistic, nationalistic, superpatriotic, ultranationalistic fanatically patriotic disloyal, unpatriotic showing lack of love for your country disloyaldeserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle un-Americanconsidered contrary to the best interests of the United States 3adj unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause loyal supporters Syn fast, firm, truehearted faithful steadfast in affection or allegiance |
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