allegiance
英[ə'liːdʒ(ə)ns]
美[ə'lidʒəns]
- n. 效忠，忠诚；忠贞
词态变化
复数: allegiances;
助记提示
1. liege => legeance "loyalty of a liege-man to his lord" => allegiance.
2. corrupted in spelling by confusion with the now-obsolete legal term allegeance "alleviation".
3. 前缀的出现，是由于与现已废弃的法律术语单词allegeance的混淆而出现的误拼，然后也就将错就错了；lege-音变为legi-.
4. Allegiance：我力战死。为了祖国我会力战而死----忠诚，拥护。
中文词源
allegiance 效忠
前缀al-同ad-. 单词liege, 臣子，臣民。原指臣子对君王的效忠。后该词多与词根lig相联系, lig, 绑定, 见ligature,韧带。
英文词源
- allegiance (n.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French legaunce "loyalty of a liege-man to his lord," from Old French legeance, from liege (see liege); erroneously associated with Latin ligare "to bind;" corrupted in spelling by confusion with the now-obsolete legal term allegeance "alleviation." General figurative sense of "recognition of claims to respect or duty" is attested from 1732.
双语例句
- 1. They swore their allegiance to the USA and received their naturalization papers.
- 他们起誓忠诚于美国，随后就接到了批准他们入籍的文件。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. My allegiance to Kendall and his company ran deep.
- 我对肯德尔及其公司的忠诚加深了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The constitution requires members of parliament to take an oath of allegiance.
- 宪法规定，议员必须宣誓效忠。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. FBI demands its employees absolute allegiance to this bureau.
- 联邦调查局要求其雇员对该局绝对忠诚.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Soldiers must swear allegiance to the King.
- 战士们必须对国王宣誓效忠.
来自《简明英汉词典》