单词 | solidarity |
释义 | solidaritysol‧i‧dar‧i‧ty /ˌsɒləˈdærəti $ ˌsɑː-/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorloyal behaviour► loyalty Collocations loyal behaviour: · I would like to thank you all for your loyalty.loyalty to: · He acted out of loyalty to his friends.your loyalty lies with somebody (=you should show loyalty to them): · Your loyalty lies first and foremost with your family.unswerving loyalty (=unchanging loyalty): · Dalton showed unswerving loyalty to his employer throughout the trial.divided loyalties (=feelings of loyalty to two different groups): · The war has created divided loyalties in many families, setting brother against brother and father against son. ► devotion loyalty to someone you have strong feelings of admiration, respect etc for: devotion to: · Her life was one of hard work and devotion to her family.unfailing/unswerving devotion (=unchanging devotion): · She cared for her stepmother with unfailing devotion throughout her long illness. ► allegiance formal loyalty to a leader, organization, or country, especially when someone says publicly that they will be loyal: · Their allegiance is still to the Queen.proclaim/pledge your allegiance to: · Opposition leaders have proclaimed their allegiance to the new government. ► solidarity loyalty between different social or political groups or between all the people in a group, because they all have a shared purpose and need to work together to succeed: show/express solidarity: · Women all over the world have been demonstrating to show their solidarity.solidarity among: · Solidarity among black people in South Africa is essential if progress is to be made.solidarity with: · Other health professionals were quick to express their solidarity with nurses. when people are united► unity · In his speech the Prime Minister stressed the need for party unity.· The lack of unity within the women's movement has resulted in a severe lack of power. ► solidarity loyalty and support for a person or group whose political views you strongly agree with, especially someone who is fighting against or being badly treated by people who are in authority: solidarity with: · Workers all over the country went on strike to show their solidarity with the miners.solidarity between: · There was a feeling of solidarity between all the staff and a common suspicion as to why management had called the meeting. ► spirit: team/community/public spirit a strong feeling of belonging to a particular group and of wanting to help them: · The crew enjoy working together and have developed an excellent team spirit.· I am sure that, given the great community spirit here, the fund-raisers will not give up. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► show/express/demonstrate your solidarity (with somebody) Word family I come before you today to express my solidarity with the people of New York. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a gesture of solidarity (=something you do to show loyalty and support)· People sent food parcels to the strikers as a gesture of solidarity. ► pledge (your) support/loyalty/solidarity etc He pledged his cooperation. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► national· Trade unionism became a key element in national solidarity and social education.· To complete unity it needs not just a flow of money from west to east but a sense of national solidarity.· Like Marshall and Beveridge, the theorists of Scandinavia's welfare states insisted on the need for national solidarity. ► social· In effect, the Fabians skewed utilitarianism in favour of the principle of social solidarity.· Clinton has managed to put social solidarity programmes back at the centre of the political agenda.· If the state acts in a manner not designed to promote social solidarity then, Duguit argued, this must be resisted.· And a fourth explanation is that voting is primarily an expression of citizenship, social solidarity, and political communication.· Alternatively, unity is viewed as social solidarity.· They also benefit from the higher degree of social solidarity which seems to accompany more pluralistic systems.· The source of consensus was to be found in the division of labour, which was the pre-eminent fact of social solidarity.· It also interests those at work on social interchange and social solidarity. VERB► demonstrate· Amiss had an almost overwhelming desire to cadge a cigarette in order to demonstrate solidarity, but he repressed it.· But it does not follow that all those who did attend went with the intention of demonstrating tribal solidarity. ► express· Political and church groups and sports- and businesspeople also launched campaigns to express solidarity with foreigners and opposition to violence.· Against the blows directed against them by reactionaries of all stripes, the Fourth International expresses its solidarity with the guerrilla fighters. ► show· Even trade unionists were reluctant to show solidarity.· Other lines showed more solidarity and local initiative.· The students had called the authorities' bluff with their protests and shown solidarity across the country.· In some prisons, inmates have shown solidarity with their jailers by refusing to return to their cells after exercise. WORD FAMILYnounsolidsolidaritysoliditysolidssolidificationadjectivesolidverbsolidifyadverbsolidly loyalty and general agreement between all the people in a group, or between different groups, because they all have a shared aim: a gesture of solidarity an appeal for worker solidarityshow/express/demonstrate your solidarity (with somebody) I come before you today to express my solidarity with the people of New York. |
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