loyalty的意思|loyalty的解释-里氏词典

loyalty ['lɒiәlti]

n. 忠贞, 忠诚, 忠实

[法] 忠诚, 忠心

loyalty

[ noun ]

the quality of being loyal

<noun.attribute>

feelings of allegiance

<noun.feeling>

the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

<noun.act>

his long commitment to public service

they felt no loyalty to a losing team

Loyalty \Loy"al*ty\, n. [Cf. F. loyaut['e]. See {Loyal}, and cf.
{Legality}.]
The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior,
or to duty, love, etc.

He had such loyalty to the king as the law required.
--Clarendon.

Not withstanding all the subtle bait
With which those Amazons his love still craved,
To his one love his loyalty he saved. --Spenser.

Note: ``Loyalty . . . expresses, properly, that fidelity
which one owes according to law, and does not
necessarily include that attachment to the royal
person, which, happily, we in England have been able
further to throw into the word.'' --Trench.

Syn: Allegiance; fealty. See {Allegiance}.

But loyalty is not an adequate substitute for the widespread conviction that his government's authority would be fatally undermined.
Jimmy Swaggart's first revival outside his home state since he was defrocked in a sex scandal begins tonight, causing painful questions of loyalty for some fellow evangelists.
The suit's accusations against the unions include charges they conducted a public "smearing" of the carrier's reputation, staged illegal work slowdowns and tried to undermine worker loyalty, Eastern said in a press statement.
Mr. Gutfreund responded, "I hope their first loyalty is to Salomon Brothers."
What Mr. Von Laue means by "elevated" is that he endeavors to rise above reflexive loyalty to the U.S., his home since emigrating from Germany in 1937.
It was also hurt that year by the introduction of new Coke, as its Southern markets were bastions of old Coke loyalty, and sales suffered.
The state rewarded Pimen for his loyalty.
Among other things, it sold it to food producers with the proviso that the ingredient's logo appear on the final product, thus winning consumer loyalty for a mere ingredient.
There are also signs that the RFU's loyalty to the BBC may be wavering.
He appealed to teachers "to weigh loyalty to union against loyalty to students." The teachers, who receive pay from both the school system and the state, have already received a 7 percent wage increase from the state this year.
He appealed to teachers "to weigh loyalty to union against loyalty to students." The teachers, who receive pay from both the school system and the state, have already received a 7 percent wage increase from the state this year.
"Ski areas are giving employees bonuses, trying to instill a little worker loyalty in hopes of having someone there next year," said Michael Wilson, a Vermont government economist.
Fourteen years in government, the enforced departure of Lady Thatcher and the war over Maastricht have torn apart the fabric of loyalty on which Conservative governments could once depend. Restoring the habit of discipline will not be easy.
He also included seven heads of republic parties as non-voting Politburo members, allowing them to run their regions in return for loyalty.
Mayor Raymond Flynn says he's decided against running for governor out of loyalty to the city of Boston.
Roy," McDonald had a reputation as both a hard-nosed businessman and a generous boss who earned his employees' loyalty.
He says loyalty to Mr. Brierley "is returned 100-fold, but he can quite casually cut you off at the knees if he disagrees with a decision you've taken."
Through most of its history, Parker has maintained strongly defined branding, focused on quality and steering clear of cheap disposability. That brand image created loyalty.
"No other bank or financial organization, such as American Express, will appear on the travelers checks to compete for customer loyalty," the IBAA said.
Now he needs a team that will offer both competence and loyalty.
In an isolated case of loyalty to a commander, troops in the northern port city of St. Marc killed a 12-year-old boy ednesday when they fired into a mob about to attack the home of a sergeant with a reputation for brutality, witnesses said.
American began a frequent flier program in 1981 after struggling for some method of developing brand loyalty in the face of fare warfare under deregulation.
Opposition leaders said their loyalty to Noriega could fade if they, like most other Panamanians, are unable to cash their checks because of the freeze on the country's deposits in U.S. banks.
The lower dollar is giving U.S. manufacturers a golden opportunity to win back customers, rebuild buyer loyalty and gain market share at home and abroad.
The conservative panel gave Quayle four "A's" and two "B's," praising his loyalty to conservative tenets as well as to Bush and saying he'd tried to talk the president out of the budget and tax deal.
They demanded independence from China and expressed loyalty to the Dalai Lama.
Three Scouts testified he used his position to gain their trust and manipulated their loyalty to seduce them.
Manuel Noriega fizzled amid signs that the dictator continues to retain the loyalty of most of his nation's armed forces.
Badly divided House Democrats took their fight over a capital-gains tax cut behind closed doors today and apparently agreed only that opposition should not be a litmus test of party loyalty.
Many Hispanic immigrants see U.S. citizenship as the final severing of loyalty to their homelands.

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