allegiance 英 /ə'liːdʒns/ 美 /ə'lidʒəns/

经济学人例句

He was willing to promote people from conquered tribes and allowed religious freedom in his empire. The only condition was allegiance to his rule.

他愿意从自己征服的部落里提拔人才，在他的帝国里允许宗教自由。唯一的条件是拥护他的统治。

Some showed more allegiance to their preferred investigative tools than to the subject or question under investigation.

其中一些人看起来更醉心于自己偏爱的调查工具而不是研究课题本身。

释义

[noun] Loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause

[名词] 下级对上级，或个人对组织或事业的忠诚或承诺

解读

Allegiance一词源自于古法语ligeance（君主、领主）。Allegiance指的是对政党、宗教、国家、信仰等的“忠诚、效忠”，常见搭配如swear / pledge ~（宣誓效忠）。比如美国就有《效忠宣誓》（Pledge of Allegiance），很多学校每天都会要求学生进行宣誓。

近反义词

Synonyms: faithfulness, fidelity, obedience

Antonyms: disloyalty, faithlessness, falseness, falsity