alliance
noun [ C ] uk/əˈlaɪ.əns/ us/əˈlaɪ.əns/
C2 结盟国家（或团体），同盟国家（或团体）
a group of countries, political parties, or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims
a military alliance 军事同盟
NATO is sometimes called the Atlantic Alliance. 北约有时被称作大西洋同盟。
C2 联盟，结盟；同盟
an agreement to work with someone else to try to achieve the same thing
The three smaller parties have forged/formed an alliance against the government. 三个小政党结成反政府联盟。
Some of us feel that the union is in alliance with management against us. 我们中一些人感到工会和资方联合起来对付我们。
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- All the countries have proclaimed their loyalty to the alliance.
- Religious fanatics have formed an unholy alliance with right wing groups.
- A chain can only be as strong as its weakest link, so we must look at the least committed country to see if the alliance will hold.
- All these different political elements have somehow been yoked together to form a new alliance.
- The party is a loose alliance of environmentalists and left-wingers.