- [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).公司渴望在客户中建立品牌忠诚度。
Extra Examples- He 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 Dictionaryadjectiveverb + loyaltyloyalty + verbloyalty + nounpreposition- out of loyalty
- loyalty among
- loyalty for
- …
phrases- a conflict of loyalties
- an oath of loyalty
- a pledge of loyalty
- …
See full entry - [countable, usually plural] 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 Examples- His 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 Dictionaryadjectiveverb + loyaltyloyalty + verbloyalty + nounpreposition- out of loyalty
- loyalty among
- loyalty for
- …
phrases- a conflict of loyalties
- an oath of loyalty
- a pledge of loyalty
- …
See full entry