Someone who has chosen to stand on your side — bound to you by an agreement, not by chance — so that when trouble comes, they are with you and not against you.
From the word’s history
From Old French alier / Latin alligare "to bind to" (ad- "to" + ligare "to bind") — the same ligare behind ligament and oblige. The word literally pictures binding two parties together.
來自古法語 alier、拉丁 alligare「綁到…上」(ad-「向」+ ligare「綁」)——跟 ligament(韌帶)、oblige 同源。所以 ally 的畫面本來就是「用一條繩子把兩方綁起來」,這條繩子是講好的約定;今天所有的用法都還留著那個「綁定」的手感。
Wiktionary etymology for English "ally" (from Middle English allien, from Anglo-Norman allier, from Latin alligāre)
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原始詞典資料16 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Allyname/ˈæliː/
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A diminutive of the female given names Alice, Alison, Alexandra, or other names beginning with Al-[[]], from the Germanic languages or Ancient Greek.
- Where’s my Girle? What Ally? Ally? / Enter Alice.
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A diminutive of the male given names Alfred, Albert, Alan, Alexander, or other names beginning with Al-[[]], from the Germanic languages, the Celtic languages, or Ancient Greek.
- Ally Love
- Golden-hair'd Ally whose name is one with mine, Crazy with laughter and babble and earth's new wine
allyverb詞源 1/ˈæl.aɪ/
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To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
- Theſe three did loue each other dearely well, / And with ſo firme affection were allyde, / As if but one ſoule in them all did dvvell, / VVhich did her povvre into three parts diuyde; […]
- [W]hen hee's remou'd, your Highneſſe / VVill take againe your Queene, as yours at firſt, / Euen for your Sonnes ſake, and thereby for ſealing / The Iniurie of Tongues, in Courts and Kingdomes / Knovvne, and ally'd to yours.
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Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
- Yes in good ſooth, the vice is of a great kindred; it is vvell allied, but it is impoſſible to extirpe it quite, Frier, till eating and drinking be put dovvne.
- Great VVits are ſure to Madneſs near ally'd; / And thin Partitions do their Bounds divide: […]
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To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
- To be ſhort, hauing thus ingrafted them into the body of his [God's] Sonne, he ioyneth and allieth him ſelfe to them, he maketh him ſelfe one with them, maketh them his children and heyres, partakers of his immortalitie and glorie, and all this he worketh by the inward vertue of his holy Ghost, […]
- [W]e have ſo many of our firſt Titled Families vvho have ally'd themſelves to Trade, (vvhoſe Inducements vvere Money only) that it ceaſes to be either a VVonder as to the Fact, or a Diſgrace to the Honour.
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Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
- [A]ftervvards he [Constantine the Great] allied vvith Licinius, and gave him his Siſter in marriage, and acknovvledged him his Colleague in the Empire.
- Whatever injuries […] the Athenians have done me I forgive. […] If they will ally with me, rebuild the temples I have burnt.
allynoun詞源 2
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A person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend.
- [N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator of humane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide.
- The rights of the ſeven Electors were ſupported by all the deſcendants and allies of their powerful families, who ſhared in the ſplendor and influence, which they enjoyed by this diſtinguiſhing privilege.
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A person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend.
- I’m glad you want to be a better ally to the disabled.
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A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.
- The two countries were allies in World War I.
- To be ſo ſcornefull to your alye⸝ / Your counſeyle was not worth a flye.
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Something regarded as connected with or related to another thing by similarity in features or nature.
- the pretty Pansy then Ile tye / Like Stones some Chaine inchasing, / And next to them their neere Alye, / The purple Violet placing.
- The Aleptick art, and, its neereſt ally, Medicine, are deſign'd for the cure of bodies, reducing the faculties to the beſt harmony; […]
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biologynatural-sciencestaxonomySomething regarded as connected with or related to another thing by similarity in features or nature.
- The order of Gruiformes includes cranes and their allies.
- Procyonids (raccoons and their allies), a group of North American origin, are first recorded in South America in a level immediately below a unit dated at 6.0 million years.
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A person, group, concept, etc., which is associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary; a supporter.
- [S]cience, instead of being the enemy of religion, becomes its ally.
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obsoletehistoricalA kinsman or kinswoman; a relative.
- This Gentleman the Princes neere Alie. / My very frend hath tane this mortall vvound / In my behalfe, […]
- Finally there was a quiet wedding at the Towers, […] The Sellerses were to go to England with their new allies for a brief visit, but when it was time to take the train from Washington, the colonel was missing.
allynoun詞源 2
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obsoleteOne's relatives; kin, kindred, relations; also, relationship through descent or marriage; kinship.
- The ſpider: as of vſe in talke new entrid, / (Frendes axe of frends: the ſtate of their frends frendly,) / Axte how his coſins (thants father and mother) did. / His brothers ſiſters with all kyn and aly, / Thant ſaid thei did well.
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obsoletePeople, groups, states, etc., which are associated or united with each other for a common purpose; confederates; also, the state of being allied; alliance, confederation.
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