allegiance

UK:  [ə'liːdʒ(ə)ns]

US:  [ə'lidʒəns]

复数：allegiances  

n.

1.忠诚,归顺,忠心

2.忠诚,忠诚态度

3.支持

4.(封建)臣道,忠节

5.归顺,归属

6.〔技〕结合,耦合;通信,联系

1 . On the other hand, to say it was the vision of any ideal or allegiance to any principle would be making it far too articulate and abstract.
另一方面，如果我们说从气象可以读出一切理想或是忠诚所具有的品质，这又难免太过清晰而抽象了。

2 . Like the political party they choose to support their entire lives, their allegiance to the long-sleeved shirt shows no sign of swaying.
就像他们选择终生支持的政党一样，他们对长袖衬衫的忠诚毫无动摇的迹象。

3 . Dooku escaped, with the Jedi aware of his succumbing to the dark side, but yet still unaware of his Sith allegiance.
杜库逃走了，绝地也知道他已经屈服于黑暗面，但仍然不知道他效忠于西斯。

4 . Ms Lagarde did not clamber into the French elite by the narrow, winding, stairs of the "grande ecoles" or tribal, party allegiance.
他并不是依靠辉煌的法国高等教育背景，也不是依靠某个集团或政党的拥护而进入法国上流精英社会的。

5 . America shows that a society can be vast and varied, and yet still one country, commanding the allegiance and love of its people.
美国显示，一个社会可以是多元，但仍然是一个国家，仍然可以要求公民效忠国家和爱自己的国民。