ally
ally 英 [ˈælaɪ] 美 [ə'laɪ]
n. 同盟国；盟友 v. 结盟；联合
进行时:allying 过去式:allied 过去分词:allied 第三人称单数:allies 名词复数:allies
- If you have an ally, you have someone who is on your side, like a more experienced teammate who is your ally in convincing the coach to give you more playing time.
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- n. 同盟国；盟友
- v. 结盟；联合
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1. a close ally and friend of the prime minister
首相的一个亲密盟友和伙伴
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2. The prince allied himself with the Scots.
王子与苏格兰人结盟。
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3. She felt she needed an ally so badly.
她感到她极需一个盟友。
- ally (n.) late 14c., "relative, kinsman" (a sense now obsolete), from ally (v.); mid-15c. in the sense of "one united with another by treaty or league." Allies as the name of the nations aligned against the Central Powers in World War I is from 1914; as the nations aligned against Germany, Italy and Japan in World War II, from 1939.
- ally (v.) late 13c., "to join in marriage" (transitive), from Old French alier "combine, unite," from a differentiated stem of aliier (from Latin alligare "bind to, tie to," from ad "to" (see ad-) + ligare "to bind, bind one thing to another, tie" (from PIE root *leig- "to tie, bind"). Meaning "to form an alliance, join, associate" is late 14c. Related: allied; allying.
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