- [uncountable]
the quality of being constant in your support of somebody/something 忠诚;忠实;忠心耿耿 Can I count on your loyalty? 我能指望你对我忠诚吗? - loyalty to/towards somebody/something
They swore their loyalty to the king. 他们宣誓效忠国王。 Companies are eager to build brand loyalty in their customers (= to keep them buying the same brand). 公司渴望在顾客中建立品牌忠诚度。
Extra ExamplesHe inspires great loyalty from all his employees. 他赢得所有雇员的耿耿忠心。 He showed unswerving loyalty to his friends. 他表现出了对朋友始终不渝的忠心。 It was a blatant attempt to buy their loyalty. 这是公然收买他们忠心的企图。 Mass advertising creates brand loyalty for a product. 大量的广告可以建立起人们对产品的品牌忠诚度。 She stayed on at the school out of loyalty to her students. 她是出于对学生的忠心才继续待在学校的。 The company expects loyalty from its employees. 公司希望员工能忠心耿耿。 The company rewards customer loyalty by offering discounts. 公司以打折的方式回馈顾客的忠诚。 The team members felt tremendous loyalty towards one another. 队员互相都非常信任。 The town is the object of fierce loyalty among its inhabitants. 居民对所居住的小镇有着强烈的眷恋之心。
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 要忠于…的强烈感情 a case of divided loyalties (= with strong feelings of support for two different causes, people, etc.) 两面效忠
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. 他对家庭最为忠诚。 Some party members found it hard to switch their loyalty to the new leader. 有些党员觉得难以转而支持新任领导人。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
- complete
- total
- …
- command
- earn
- engender
- …
- be
- lie
- remain
- …
- 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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