1N-COUNT (国家或政党的)联盟,同盟 An alliance is a group of countries or political parties that are formally united and working together because they have similar aims. (国家或政党的)联盟,同盟
The two parties were still too much apart to form an alliance.
2N-COUNT [oft inNwith n]联合;结盟 An alliance is a relationship in which two countries, political parties, or organizations work together for some purpose. 联合;结盟
What will be the effect of the alliance between IBM and Apple?. [+ with/between]
若IBM公司和苹果公司联合将会有什么效果呢?
They are now in a position to govern the state in alliance with either the Free Democrats or the Green Party.
他们现在可以选择与自由民主党人或绿党结盟来执掌国家政权。
Quotations
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 thirdAmbrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ALLIANCE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤broad廣泛的聯盟◇The organization is a broad alliance of many different groups.這個組織是許多不同團體的廣泛聯盟。➤grand大聯盟▸➤close緊密的聯盟▸➤powerful, strong強大的/強有力的聯盟▸➤fragile, loose, uneasy脆弱的/鬆散的/不穩定的聯盟◇a loose alliance of opposition groups反對派團體的鬆散聯盟◇The uneasy alliance between such different people just cannot last.如此不同的人之間不穩定的聯盟維持不了很長的時間。➤shifting變換的同盟◇the shifting alliances among the various political groups各個政治團體間不斷變換的同盟➤formal, informal正式/非正式聯盟▸➤strategic, working戰略/工作同盟▸➤unholy邪惡的聯盟◇an unholy alliance between the Fascists and the Communists法西斯分子和共產黨員間的邪惡聯盟➤unlikely不大可能的聯盟▸➤temporary暫時的同盟▸➤global, transatlantic, Western全球/跨大西洋/西方聯盟▸➤defensive, military防禦/軍事同盟▸➤electoral, political競選/政治聯盟➤opposition抵抗同盟▸➤marriage聯姻VERB + ALLIANCE➤have具有同盟關係◇They have alliances with other companies.他們與其他公司具有同盟關係。➤seek尋求聯盟➤announce宣佈結盟▸➤build, build up, create, develop, enter into, establish, forge, form, make, strike up建立聯盟;結盟;形成同盟◇The government has tried to forge alliances with environmentalists.政府試圖與環保主義者結成聯盟。➤join加入聯盟◇Seven more countries have been invited to join the alliance.另有 7 個國家受邀加入該聯盟。➤cement, strengthen鞏固/加強聯盟◇The marriage was meant to cement the alliance between the two countries.這次聯姻旨在鞏固這兩個國家之間的聯盟。◇To cement the alliance with England, Charles married Margaret, sister of the English king.為了鞏固與英格蘭的聯盟,查理娶了英格蘭國王的妹妹瑪格麗特。➤maintain維持同盟PREPOSITION➤in alliance with與⋯結成聯盟◇The government, in alliance with the army, has decided to ban all public meetings for a month.政府和軍隊結成聯盟,決定禁止所有公眾集會,為期一個月。➤alliance against反對⋯的聯盟◇old alliances against enemies that no longer exist針對不復存在的敵方的舊聯盟➤alliance between⋯之間的同盟◇an alliance between the USSR and India蘇聯與印度之間的同盟➤alliance with與⋯的聯盟◇an alliance with China與中國的聯盟PHRASES➤alliance of convenience基於利益的聯盟◇It was an alliance of convenience, not of conviction.這是一個基於利益而非信任的聯盟。