1A state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose.

1. 1.1 A person or organization that cooperates with or helps another in a particular activity.
   同盟者，同盟
   he was forced to dismiss his closest political ally

   他被迫解散他最亲密的政治同盟。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Maybe he and his genuine allies should forget the religious order and join a political party.
   • The two organisations have key allies and it s reassuring for economic development.
   • He was in a particularly bad mood one day after his father had called him to come help him promote a political ally.
   • Does it bother you in the least that many of your political allies are in favor of anarchy?
   • Genuine reformers will look to teachers and teacher organizations as their allies.
   • You sideline friends and allies, whose cooperation could help preserve your security.
   • Within my global responsibilities, the legal department was a close ally and business partner.
   • The idea of calling in the military to shape up students has won some unusual allies.
   • Hostilities will cease and you shall depart college with true allies and four good years.
   • Some of his former political allies had turned their backs on him.
   • Only a hard core of biotech businesses, researchers and their political allies are bothered.
   • Frankly, a lot of the money seems to be going to the political allies of this president.
   • The two families never lost sight of the fact they were not only business allies but close friends.
   • As his political allies and opponents will know only too well, he had so much more to offer.
   • I've come to see the cactus as an organic metaphor for technology; a thorny ally in the artistic process.
   • What is out-dated is the belief that it is possible to conduct politics by ignoring your allies and angering your enemies.
   • According to friends, he enjoys making avian analogies between rare birds and his political allies and enemies.
   • Moreover, it is a mistake to think that militaries rule without civilian allies.
   • He said he had no idea his political ally was misusing Forum funds.
   • I'd say to people who are immediately under attack from this, get yourselves organised, find allies and fight back.

   Synonyms

   associate, colleague, friend, confederate, partner, supporter, accomplice, helper, accessory, abetter
2. 1.2 The countries that fought with Britain in the First and Second World Wars.
   they were caught between the German army of occupation and the advancing Allies

   Example sentencesExamples

   • How did the German experience of World War One trench warfare differ from that of the Allies?
   • Many Jews had fought for the Allies during World War Two and had developed their military skills as a result.
   • Other nations that fought for the Allies offered their support for the declaration.
   • What the Allies had not expected was that while they were preparing to win the long war, France would lose a short one.
   • Roosevelt and Stalin had not yet met, but as Allies they could be shown together.
   • The war in Africa was to play a key role in the overall success of the Allies in World War Two.
   • Montgomery wanted the Allies to use the power they had to get to Berlin before the Russians.
   • It was the first battle won by the Allies in World War Two and Hitler never won a battle after that.
   • The Allies would not negotiate with a country that had plunged Europe into war twice in 30 years.
   • Rochdale could be justly proud of the role it played in helping the Allies to victory in World War Two.
   • This skirmish against the Allies was fought just outside Paris, to the east of the city.
   • A renewal of the war was unavoidable, and the Allies promptly formed the Seventh Coalition.
   • If the Allies controlled the rail junction, they could supply their own men.
   • Already decorated with an Iron Cross, Gecas was later decorated for fighting for the Allies.
   • For the rest of the war the Allies were to fight under a single overall command.
   • After the Nazi surrender, the Allies and Russia met at Potsdam, a suburb of Berlin.
   • The most significant result of the raid was on morale, as the Allies had had few big victories to that date.
   • It was now clear: the Allies were fighting an undeclared war against the Bolsheviks.
   • This left Germany with only sixty divisions with which to repel the Allies on the Western Front.
   • If the Allies could acquire those machines and their keys, it would be a major help in decrypting Enigma.

1Combine or unite a resource or commodity with (another) for mutual benefit.

他将自己的竞技经验和其父的商业精明结合起来。

1. 1.1ally oneself with Side with or support.
   he allied himself with the forces of change

   他支持变化的力量。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Clint never allies himself with the townsfolk, he's never on their side.
   • On the other side, advocates of indigenous authors allied themselves with partisans of free trade and international copyright, claiming universal natural rights of authorship.
   • Are these the sort of people you wish to ally yourself with politically?
   • Much of how the game plays out depends on which of the four major players you choose to ally yourself with: the English, French, Spanish, or pirates.
   • Since the families you ally yourself with in marriage determine your level of access to credit, education, food, housing, and a host of other goods, loss of reputation is a disaster.
   • Moderate Conservatives will prefer not to ally themselves with those views and will stay at home.
   • In Mexico, the Greens are allying themselves with the right-wing Catholic PAN party, enthusiastic supporters of economic deregulation (free trade).
   • To broaden support for the town, the coalition has allied itself with Jewish groups in Israel and the United States.
   • Increasingly, institutions of higher learning are allying themselves with the proponents of social justice, blurring the line between knowledge and belief, education and indoctrination.
   • What if every 200 humans adopted a species and allied themselves with it throughout their lives?

   Synonyms

   unite, join, join up, join forces, band together, go into partnership, team up, combine, collaborate, side, align oneself, league, go into league, affiliate, confederate, form an alliance, throw in one's lot, make common cause