allegiance

（对政党、宗教、统治者的）忠诚，效忠，拥戴n.

• People of various party allegiances joined the campaign.

  各个不同政党的拥护者都参加了这次活动。

• Many towns often found it politic to change their allegiance.

  许多城镇经常发现改变拥戴对象不失为明智之举。

• War is not simply a trial by combat to settle disputes between states; it is the moment when the state makes its most powerful demands upon its people for their recommitment, allegiance, and supreme sacrifice.

  战争不仅仅是一场通过战斗来解决国家间的争端的试验；它还是一个时刻，在这个时刻，国家向人民提出最有力的要求，要求他们的再次承诺、忠诚和最大的牺牲。