- [uncountable]
the quality of being constant in your support of somebody/something 忠誠;忠實;忠心耿耿 Can I count on your loyalty? 我能指望你對我忠誠嗎? - loyalty to/towards somebody/something
They swore their loyalty to the king. 他們宣誓效忠國王。 Companies are eager to build brand loyalty in their customers (= to keep them buying the same brand). 公司渴望在顧客中建立品牌忠誠度。
Extra ExamplesHe inspires great loyalty from all his employees. 他赢得所有僱員的耿耿忠心。 He showed unswerving loyalty to his friends. 他表現出了對朋友始終不渝的忠心。 It was a blatant attempt to buy their loyalty. 這是公然收買他們忠心的企圖。 Mass advertising creates brand loyalty for a product. 大量的廣告可以建立起人們對産品的品牌忠誠度。 She stayed on at the school out of loyalty to her students. 她是出於對學生的忠心才繼續待在學校的。 The company expects loyalty from its employees. 公司希望員工能忠心耿耿。 The company rewards customer loyalty by offering discounts. 公司以打折的方式回饋顧客的忠誠。 The team members felt tremendous loyalty towards one another. 隊員互相都非常信任。 The town is the object of fierce loyalty among its inhabitants. 居民對所居住的小鎮有着強烈的眷戀之心。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- complete
- total
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- command
- earn
- engender
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- be
- lie
- remain
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- oath
- test
- card
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- out of loyalty
- loyalty among
- loyalty for
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- a conflict of loyalties
- an oath of loyalty
- a pledge of loyalty
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a strong feeling that you want to support and be loyal to somebody/something 要忠於…的強烈感情 a case of divided loyalties (= with strong feelings of support for two different causes, people, etc.) 兩面效忠
Extra ExamplesHis loyalties lay with people from the same background as himself. 他效忠的是那些和他有相同背景的人。 His primary loyalty was to his family. 他對家庭最爲忠誠。 Some party members found it hard to switch their loyalty to the new leader. 有些黨員覺得難以轉而支持新任領導人。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- complete
- total
- …
- command
- earn
- engender
- …
- be
- lie
- remain
- …
- oath
- test
- card
- …
- out of loyalty
- loyalty among
- loyalty for
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- a conflict of loyalties
- an oath of loyalty
- a pledge of loyalty
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