Allegiance
[ə'liːdʒ(ə)ns] or [ə'lidʒəns]
解释:
(noun.) the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign).
校对:斯宾塞--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or state.
(n.) Devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science.
校对:朱莉娅
同义词及近义词：
n. Fealty, fidelity, loyalty.
杰拉尔德编辑
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Subjection, obedience, loyalty, fealty, homage
ANT:Disloyalty, rebellion, resistance, disaffection, malcontentment, treason
编辑:韦斯利
解释:
n. the duty of a subject to his liege or sovereign.—adj. Allē′giant.
手打:维吉尔
例句:
- Be that as it may, you are not one of us; you owe us no allegiance. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Another device is the separation of municipal, state and national elections: to hold them all at the same time is an inducement to prevent the voter from splitting his allegiance. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Kantos Kan with the others who had sworn allegiance to me still stood upon the Throne of Righteousness with me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- We might as well resolve the obligation to abstain from the possessions of others, into the obligation of a promise, as that of allegiance. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- His foreign birth, and he refused to throw off his allegiance to his native country, alone prevented him from filling the first offices in the state. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The law-giver, of all beings, most owes the law allegiance. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- True, he sent me from his presence, and refused my homage--so far I owe him neither favour nor allegiance--but I will not lift hand against him. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- He admitted no allegiance, he gave no adherence anywhere. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- So far the conclusion is immediate and direct, concerning the natural obligation which we have to allegiance. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- The same promise, then, which binds them to obedience, ties them down to a particular person, and makes him the object of their allegiance. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- The same may be said of allegiance, of the laws of nations, of modesty, and of good-manners. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- I cannot accept on His behalf a divided allegiance: it must be entire. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The others, who had not opened their mouths after the change of allegiance, were all leaning forward to listen now. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- To which we may add, that a man living under an absolute government, would owe it no allegiance; since, by its very nature, it depends not on consent. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- This immediately roused a poignant pity and allegiance in Gerald's heart, always shadowed by contempt and by unadmitted enmity. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The loyalties and allegiances to-day are at best provisional loyalties and allegiances. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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