ADJECTIVE | VERB + ALLY | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤great, important, key, powerful, strong偉大的盟友;重要的盟友;主要盟友;強大的盟友▸➤close親密的盟友◇Charles remained a close ally of the French king.查理一直是法國國王的親密盟友。➤loyal, reliable, staunch, trusted忠誠的/可靠的/堅定的/可以信賴的同盟者▸➤natural, strategic, useful, valuable天然的盟友;戰略同盟;有用的盟友;有價值的盟友▸➤long-time, old, traditional長期的盟友;老盟友;傳統的盟友◇Portugal is a traditional ally of England.葡萄牙是英國的傳統盟友。➤erstwhile, former昔日的/從前的盟友▸➤wartime戰時的盟友▸➤potential潛在的盟友▸➤European, NATO, Western, etc.歐洲、北約、西方等的盟國▸➤political政治盟友VERB + ALLY➤have擁有支持者◇Lois felt that she had an ally.洛伊絲覺得她找到了支持者。➤find, gain, get找到/贏得/獲得支持者▸➤alienate, lose疏遠/失去支持者PREPOSITION➤ally against反對⋯的盟友◇He now had an ally against his boss.他現在有了反對老闆的同盟。PHRASES➤find an ally in sb, have an ally in sb覺得某人是同盟;在某人那裏獲得支持◇She had found an ally in her old teacher.她獲得了教過她的一位老師的支持。➤a friend and ally夥伴兼盟友◇a friend and ally of the president總統的夥伴兼盟友