一、详细释义:


n.

联盟,同盟


例句:

The two companies organized a preemptive alliance against a possible takeover by another firm.

这两个公司组成了先发制人的同盟以防备可能被另一个公司接管。


例句:

The two parties were still too much apart to form an alliance.

两党分歧甚大,还远未能结成同盟。


例句:

China will not enter into [alliance]with any big power.

中国不同任何大国结盟。


联合,结盟


例句:

It was an uneasy alliance.

那是一个不稳定的联盟。


例句:

What will be the effect of the alliance between IBM and Apple?

若IBM公司和苹果公司联合将会有什么效果呢?


联姻


例句:

Gerard required a different alliance to aid his career.

杰拉需要一个不同的联姻来帮助他的事业。


例句:

In view of your prospective alliance with the family I should like to consult you.

考虑到你将要与这个家庭联姻,我愿在采取进一步行动之前,先找你咨询一下。


二、词义辨析:


league,federation,union,alliance

这些名词均含“联盟、同盟、联合会”之意。 league普通用词,指为了共同的利益而建立的地区性、全国性或国际性的联合组织,也指民间或半官方组织的联盟。 federation泛指用条款固定下来的一切联合,尤指联邦政府。 union普通用词,指由若干个体结成的一个统一的整体。强调其永久性。 alliance普通用词,指对双方均有利的任何联盟。


三、参考例句:


They broke up the alliance.

他们中止了联盟。


The two countries made an alliance.

两国结盟。


They are in alliance with each other.

他们结成了联盟。


They joined with a ramshackle alliance of other rebels.

他们和一个由其他反叛者草草拼凑成的同盟联起手来。


It was an alliance forged in bravery and friendship.

这是一个由勇气和友谊打造而成的同盟。


China will not enter into alliancewith any big power.

中国不同任何大国结盟。


We are working in alliance with our foreign partners.

我们与外国合伙人一起工作。


The students are in alliance with the workers.

学生与工人结成联盟。


The French government had formed an alliance with Russia.

法国政府与俄国建立同盟。


The alliance had been forged in the crucible of war.

这个联盟经受了战争的严峻考验。