Word · Frequency #6439
Fully loadedallegiance
忠诚；效忠
Loyalty or commitment to a cause, group, nation, or leader.
- 1.
Loyalty or commitment to a cause, group, nation or of a subordinate to a superior.
对事业、团体、国家或上级的忠诚或承诺
对事业、团体、国家或上级的忠诚或承诺；忠贞；效忠
In use
The new citizens swore allegiance to their new country during the ceremony.
Her allegiance to the local environmental group never changed, even after she moved to another city.
He felt his allegiance was split between his family and his career.
allegiance to [noun]
表示忠诚的对象，常用to引出。
They declared their allegiance to the cause.
他们宣布了对事业的效忠。
[verb] allegiance to [noun]
常见动词有pledge, swear, vow, declare等。
He swore allegiance to the flag.
他向国旗宣誓效忠。
[verb] allegiance from [noun] to [noun]
表示忠诚的转移，常用from...to...结构。
Connections
Collocations
- swear allegiance
- 宣誓效忠
- The new citizens swore allegiance to the country.新公民向国家宣誓效忠。
- pledge allegiance
- 承诺效忠
- Students pledge allegiance to the flag every morning.学生们每天早上向国旗宣誓效忠。
- owe allegiance
- 应尽忠诚
- Citizens owe allegiance to their government.公民应对政府尽忠。
- allegiance to
- 对...的忠诚
- His allegiance to the company never wavered.他对公司的忠诚从未动摇。
- switch allegiance
- 改变忠诚对象
- Many voters switched allegiance to the other party.许多选民转而支持另一个政党。
- divided allegiance
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想“all leg iance”= 全部腿都站在一起，寓意团结忠诚。
Context & Register
Formal register; typical settings include political allegiance (e.g., to a country or leader), patriotic loyalty, or devotion to an organization or cause.
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling pattern '-iance' but do not rhyme with 'allegiance' (stressed /iː/) because they have stressed /aɪ/. The final /əns/ is similar, but the preceding vowels differ.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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