allegiance
allegiance
noun
noun
- [mass noun]loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause
忠诚，拥护
those wishing to receive citizenship must swear allegiance to the republic.
想要获得公民资格者必须宣誓忠于共和国。
[count noun]a complex pattern of cross-party allegiances.
一种跨党效忠的复杂模式。
- late Middle English : from Anglo-Norman French, variant of Old French ligeance, from lige, liege (see liege),perhaps by association with Anglo-Latin alligantia 'alliance'
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