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allegiancen.
1. obligation of a subject,fidelity of subjects,loyalty臣下的职责，臣下的忠诚，忠心。
△2H.Ⅵ. 5. 1. 19:“Or whythou,being a subject as I am,/Against thy oath andtrue allegiance sworn,/Should raise so great a powerwithout his leave，”你，跟我一样同为人臣，为什么违背自己效忠国君的誓言，未得陛下的许可召集这样一支大军？
△3H.Ⅵ.3.1. 70: “And we his subjects,sworn in all alle-giance，”我们是他的臣民，已经宣誓对他忠心不二。
△Lr.1.1.170(167):“On thine allegiance,hear me!”凭你做臣子的忠诚，听我说！
owe allegiance to: render loyalty to 向…效忠。
△3H.Ⅵ.4.7.17:“My lords,we were forewarned ofyour coming./ And shut the gates for safety ofourselves,/ For now we owe allegiance unto Henry.”诸位大人，我们早就得到消息说你们要来了，为了我们自己的安全把城门关闭，因为我们是向亨利效忠的。
2. fidelity,loyalty;(blunder for) treachery忠诚，忠心；（错用为）反叛，不忠。
△Ado.3.3.4:“that were a punish-ment too good for them,if they should have any alle-giance in them,being chosen for the Prince’s watch.”他们当了亲王的巡丁，居然还有忠心(意指：二心)，这样的惩罚太轻了。 allegiance[əˈli:dӠəns]n.拥护，忠诚，效忠
‖ letter pledging allegiance效忠信
oath of allegiance效忠宣誓
allegiant adj.忠心的，忠实的 |