(noun.) the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign).
校对:斯宾塞
双语例句
Be that as it may, you are not one of us; you owe us no allegiance. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.火星公主.
Another device is the separation of municipal, state and national elections: to hold them all at the same time is an inducement to prevent the voter from splitting his allegiance. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
Kantos Kan with the others who had sworn allegiance to me still stood upon the Throne of Righteousness with me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.火星战神.
We might as well resolve the obligation to abstain from the possessions of others, into the obligation of a promise, as that of allegiance. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
His foreign birth, and he refused to throw off his allegiance to his native country, alone prevented him from filling the first offices in the state. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
The law-giver, of all beings, most owes the law allegiance. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
True, he sent me from his presence, and refused my homage--so far I owe him neither favour nor allegiance--but I will not lift hand against him. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
He admitted no allegiance, he gave no adherence anywhere. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
So far the conclusion is immediate and direct, concerning the natural obligation which we have to allegiance. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
The same promise, then, which binds them to obedience, ties them down to a particular person, and makes him the object of their allegiance. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
The same may be said of allegiance, of the laws of nations, of modesty, and of good-manners. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
I cannot accept on His behalf a divided allegiance: it must be entire. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
The others, who had not opened their mouths after the change of allegiance, were all leaning forward to listen now. 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
To which we may add, that a man living under an absolute government, would owe it no allegiance; since, by its very nature, it depends not on consent. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
This immediately roused a poignant pity and allegiance in Gerald's heart, always shadowed by contempt and by unadmitted enmity. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
The loyalties and allegiances to-day are at best provisional loyalties and allegiances. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.