allegiance
US: /əˈɫidʒəns/
UK: /ɐlˈiːdʒəns/
UK: /ɐlˈiːdʒəns/
English Vietnamese dictionary
allegiance /ə'li:dʤəns/
- danh từ
- lòng trung thành (nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))
- to pledge full allegiance to the country: nguyện hoàn toàn trung thành với tổ quốc
- to take the oath of allegiance: nguyện trung thành
- bổn phận đối với vua, bổn phận đối với chính phủ (của người dân)
- lòng trung thành (nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
[U, C] ~ (to sb/sth) a person's continued support for a political party, religion, ruler, etc: to pledge / swear allegiance to sb/sth + to switch / transfer / change allegiance + an oath / a vow / a statement of allegiance + People of various party allegiances joined the campaign. + He affirmed his allegiance to the president.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
full, strong
We will give our full allegiance to the party and everything it believes in.
| traditional | changing, shifting
It is hard to keep up with the changing allegiances between the various political parties.
| political, religious | class, party
VERB + ALLEGIANCE
give, owe
He owed his allegiance to the organization that had given him all his opportunities.
| pledge, swear
The rebels now have to swear allegiance to the queen they hate.
| abandon
Many people have abandoned their traditional party allegiances.
| change, shift, switch, transfer | claim
The various splinter groups all claim allegiance to the true spirit of the movement.
| claim, command
Catholicism claims allegiance from more than 80% of the population.
| retain
The union needs to retain the allegiance of all its members for the strike to succeed.
PREP.
to
~ He is now very rich but his allegiance to his working-class origins is still strong.
PHRASES
an oath of allegiance
Every day the schoolchildren pledge an oath of allegiance to their country.
Concise English dictionary
allegiancesə'liːdʒəns
noun
+the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
+the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
