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单词 alliance
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We should be very cautious about forming an alliance with any of them.The three have formed a powerful alliance.The two have formed an unlikely alliance to press for pragmatism in the negotiations and senior officials say it is working.The military alliance has also contributed to the displacement of more than 2.4 million people across the country.The case of Syria alone shows that it cannot be patched up by a rough and ready agreement between competing alliances.Those who remain feel abandoned by the military alliance that many have devoted their lives to as career officers who see themselves as secular and democratic.The postwar success of both countries has been made possible by their military alliances with the US.Turning warm tweets and campaign promises into a renewed and significant alliance is one of Britain's top diplomatic priorities.An alliance of rebel groups has been steadily advancing towards the capital from strongholds in the north.The fertile alliance between the two men did not last.The question of duration is a critical and politically sensitive one for the alliance.The families are linked by marriages and alliances but remain strongly distinct in ethos.So far they have defied critics who likened the alliance to two drunks propping each other up.Nato diplomatic sources said that no one within the alliance was speaking about sending troops.Keeping it special between two people reinforces alliances and trust.Attempts at manipulation through marriage alliances and implication in the conspiracies of others were the occupational hazards that attended them.We put together a big alliance.Lives are lost and alliances are formed - only the strongest will survive.Today, it is a military alliance without any political clout.Competitors form alliances only to turn on each other when that no longer serves their self-interest.In the 1990s they organised an entire political alliance to try to stop her getting into power.But it looks as if the Anglo-American alliance will be one of the first targets for change.Two leading unions have formed an alliance to campaign against spending cuts, it emerged at the conference.It must have been as if he had three parents, two in uneasy alliance against the third.The West is now in alliance with a military force over which it has neither command nor control.Such an important marriage would seal a political alliance and enable the two countries to work as allies against the growing Prussian influence.Third, it is about power and relationships, alliances and political dealings between interested parties.Far from our alliance being one where the US holds the upper hand, it is an indispensable partnership of equals.

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British English: alliance /əˈlaɪəns/ NOUN
An alliance is a group of countries or political parties that are formally united and working together because they have similar aims.
The two parties were still too much apart to form an alliance.
  • American English: alliance
  • Arabic: تَـحَالُف
  • Brazilian Portuguese: aliança
  • Chinese: 联盟
  • Croatian: savez
  • Czech: spojenectví
  • Danish: alliance
  • Dutch: alliantie
  • European Spanish: alianza
  • Finnish: liittoutuma
  • French: alliance union
  • German: Bündnis
  • Greek: συμμαχία
  • Italian: alleanza
  • Japanese: 提携
  • Korean: 동맹
  • Norwegian: allianse
  • Polish: przymierze
  • European Portuguese: aliança
  • Romanian: alianță
  • Russian: союз
  • Latin American Spanish: alianza
  • Swedish: allians
  • Thai: พันธมิตร
  • Turkish: ittifak
  • Ukrainian: альянс
  • Vietnamese: liên minh

All related terms of 'alliance'

Chinese translation of 'alliance'

alliance

(əˈlaɪəns)

n (c)

  1. (= group) 联(聯)盟 (liánméng) (个(個), )
  2. alliance (with) (= relationship) (与(與) ... )联(聯)盟 ((yǔ ... ) liánméng)
(noun) 
Definition
a formal relationship between two or more countries or political parties to work together
The two parties were still too much apart to form an alliance.
Synonyms
union
the question of which countries should join the currency union
league
the League of Nations
association
the British Olympic Association
agreement
a new defence agreement
marriage
The merger is an audacious marriage between old and new.
connection
combination
The company's chief executive has proposed a merger or other business combination.
coalition
He had been opposed by a coalition of civil-rights organizations.
treaty
negotiations over an international treaty on global warming
partnership
the partnership between Germany's banks and its businesses
federation
the British Athletic Federation
pact
The two countries signed a non-aggression pact.
compact
The Pilgrims signed a democratic compact aboard the Mayflower.
confederation
affinity
affiliation
The group has no affiliation to any political party.
confederacy
Vienna was established as the political and cultural capital of a new confederacy of Germanic states.
concordat
Opposites
break
,
division
,
split
,
breach
,
separation
,
split-up
,
rupture
,
alienation
,
severance
,
disaffection
,
disunity
,
dissociation
, disunion
(noun) 
Definition
the state of being allied
an alliance between philanthropy and medicine
Synonyms
relationship
Money problems place great stress on close family relationships.
association
The association between the two companies stretches back 30 years.
bond
the bond that linked them
connection
There is no evidence of any connection between the two events.
affinity
rapport
He said he wanted to establish a rapport with them.
kinship
She evidently felt a sense of kinship with the woman.

Quotation

alliance: in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third [Ambrose Bierce – The Devil's Dictionary]

Additional synonyms

in the sense of affiliation
The group has no affiliation to any political party.
Synonyms
association,
union,
joining,
league,
relationship,
connection,
alliance,
combination,
coalition,
merging,
confederation,
incorporation,
amalgamation,
banding together
in the sense of agreement
Definition
a legally enforceable contract
a new defence agreement
Synonyms
treaty,
contract,
bond,
arrangement,
alliance,
deal (informal),
understanding,
settlement,
bargain,
pact,
compact,
covenant,
entente
in the sense of association
Definition
a group of people with a common interest
the British Olympic Association
Synonyms
group,
company,
club,
order,
union,
class,
society,
league,
band,
set,
troop,
pack,
camp,
collection,
gathering,
organization,
circle,
corporation,
alliance,
coalition,
partnership,
federation,
bunch (informal),
formation,
faction,
cluster,
syndicate,
congregation,
batch,
confederation,
cooperative,
fraternity (US, Canadian),
affiliation,
posse (slang),
clique,
confederacy,
assemblage,
social network

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