allies

英 [əˈlaɪz]

美 [əˈlaɪz]

n. (尤指战时的)同盟国; (尤指从政者的)盟友，支持者; (第一次世界大战中的)协约国; (第二次世界大战中的)同盟国
v. 与…结盟
ally的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

The noun is pronounced /'ælaɪ/. The verb is pronounced /ə'laɪ/. 名词读作/'ælaɪ/，动词读作/ə'laɪ/。

N-COUNT （尤指战时的）同盟国
A country'sallyis another country that has an agreement to support it, especially in war.
1. Washington would not take such a step without its allies' approval...
  没有盟国的同意，华盛顿将不会采取这样一种行动。
2. The United States is a close ally of South Korea.
  美国是韩国的亲密盟友。
（第二次世界大战时的）同盟国
The Allieswere the armed forces that fought against Germany and Japan in the Second World War.
N-COUNT 盟友；支持者
If you describe someone as yourally, you mean that they help and support you, especially when other people are opposing you.
1. He is a close ally of the Prime Minister...
  他是首相的亲密支持者。
2. She will regret losing a close political ally.
  她将为失去一个亲密的政治盟友而懊悔。
VERB 与…结盟；支持
If youally yourself withsomeone or something, you give your support to them.
1. He will have no choice but to ally himself with the new movement.
  他除了与新运动结盟别无选择。
See also:allied

noun

In autumn 1944 the allies invaded the Italian mainland at Anzio and Salerno
1944年秋，盟军从安齐奥与萨勒诺攻入意大利本土。
We will confront external aggression against our allies and partners, as we did in the Gulf War.
我们将抗击针对我们的盟友和伙伴的外来进犯，就像我们在海湾战争中所做的那样。
We cut loose from our temporary allies.
我们又和我们的暂时盟国切断了联系。
The allies suffered less than 20 casualties while enemy losses were said to be high.
盟军伤亡人数不到20，而敌军则据说人员损失惨重。
China and Pakistan are close diplomatic allies.
中国和巴基斯坦系外交关系密切的同盟国。
The arithmetic is finely balanced: the socialists and their allies do not have an overall majority.
该估算是经过仔细权衡的：社会主义者和他们的同盟并不占绝大多数。
England and Russia are allies in the second world war.
英国和俄国在二次世界大战中是盟国。
Baker was smoothing out differences with European allies
贝克正在努力消除同欧洲盟国之间的分歧。
He's argued from the start that America and its allies are putting too much emphasis on the military option
他从一开始就认为美国及其盟国过于强调军事手段。
He was confident the allies would make good on their pledges.
他相信盟友们会履行他们的承诺。