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Fully loadedfealty
忠诚;效忠
核心释义
the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or that subjects owe to their sovereign)
- 1.
对领主或主人的忠诚;佃户或封臣须对领主忠实的封建义务。
Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord.
- 2.
公民对国家(或臣民对君主)所应尽的忠诚
the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
对领主或主人的忠诚;佃户或封臣须对领主忠实的封建义务。;公民对国家(或臣民对君主)所应尽的忠诚;忠诚;忠贞;忠实
用法In use
The knight swore fealty to his king before the battle.
用法提示:fealty 此处为名词,表示对君主或国家的忠诚。
Citizens owe fealty to their country, even when they disagree with its leaders.
用法提示:fealty 为不可数名词,表示公民对国家的忠诚义务。
In medieval Europe, nobles expressed fealty by kneeling before their lord.
用法提示:fealty 指封建关系中臣属对领主的效忠。
owe fealty to sb/sth
owe fealty to 表示“对……负有忠诚义务”。
Citizens owe fealty to their country.
公民对自己的国家负有忠诚义务。
swear fealty to sb/sth
swear fealty to 表示“向……宣誓效忠”。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- swear fealty
- 宣誓效忠
- The young knight swore fealty to his king.年轻骑士向国王宣誓效忠。
- accept fealty
- 接受(某人的)效忠
- The king accepted the fealty of all his vassals.国王接受了他所有封臣的效忠。
- owe fealty
- 负有忠诚义务
- In feudal times, a vassal owed fealty to his lord.在封建时代,封臣对领主负有忠诚义务。
- oath of fealty
- 效忠誓言
- Each knight swore an oath of fealty to the queen.每位骑士都向女王立下效忠誓言。
- renew fealty
- 重申效忠
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
fealty 首音近 faith,结尾近 duty;联想臣子把对君主的忠诚当作信仰和义务,记住意为“忠诚、效忠”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:历史语境、文学作品、正式演讲 该词是正式用语,通常用于历史或文学语境,表示臣民对君主或公民对国家的忠诚,日常口语中较少使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 realty(/ˈriːəlti/,美式读音)的重读元音和后续读音完全一致,二者真正押韵。faulty、loyalty、royalty、penalty、cruelty 等虽拼写或词尾相近,但重读元音各不相同,都不与 fealty 押韵,其中 faulty 的拼写尤其容易误导。
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