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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。
忠诚；效忠
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忠诚；效忠
the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or that subjects owe to their sovereign)
Citizens owe fealty to their country.
公民对自己的国家负有忠诚义务。
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.
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)
The knight swore fealty to his king before the battle.
骑士在战斗前向国王宣誓效忠。
Citizens owe fealty to their country, even when they disagree with its leaders.
公民对自己的国家负有忠诚，即使他们不认同其领导人。
In medieval Europe, nobles expressed fealty by kneeling before their lord.
在中世纪的欧洲，贵族通过跪在领主面前来表示效忠。
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 表示“向……宣誓效忠”。
The knights swore fealty to their king.
骑士们向国王宣誓效忠。
此结构中 fealty 后接 to 引出效忠对象；已知复数形式为 fealties。
Her fealty to the cause never wavered.
她对这个事业的忠诚从未动摇。
Not this
She is fealty to the queen.
Use this
She is loyal to the queen.
fealty 是名词，不能作表语形容词；表示“忠诚的”应使用形容词 loyal。
Not this
He showed his fealty for the king.
Use this
He showed his fealty to the king.
fealty 后接介词 to 表示效忠的对象，不能受中文“对”的影响而使用 for。
Not this
I have fealty to my parents.
Use this
I have loyalty to my parents.
fealty 特指臣民对君主或公民对国家的忠诚，不用于家人等一般对象；表达普通忠诚应使用 loyalty。
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宣誓效忠
The young knight swore fealty to his king.
年轻骑士向国王宣誓效忠。
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。
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。
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。
重申效忠
After the rebellion, the nobles renewed their fealty to the king.
叛乱平息后，贵族们向国王重申效忠。
向…宣誓效忠
The soldiers swore fealty to their commander.
士兵们向指挥官宣誓效忠。
对…应尽忠诚
All citizens owe fealty to their country.
所有公民都应对自己的国家尽忠。
效忠誓言
He took an oath of fealty to the new lord.
他向新领主立下效忠誓言。
这是《权力的游戏》中琼恩·雪诺在第七季末向丹妮莉丝·坦格利安宣誓效忠时的台词，体现了中世纪式的臣子对君主的忠诚关系。
In Game of Thrones, Jon Snow says, "I've pledged my fealty to Daenerys Targaryen."
在《权力的游戏》中，琼恩·雪诺说：“我已向丹妮莉丝·坦格利安宣誓效忠。”
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 sea, tea)
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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。
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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