alliance
[ə'laɪ.ənts] noun
ADVANCED countable
■a group of countries, political parties or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims 结盟国家（或团体），同盟国家（或团体）•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。 countable
■an agreement to work with someone else to try to achieve the same thing 联盟，结盟；同盟•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。 |