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

Since last year, Syrian allies Russia and China have vetoed three Security Council resolutions on Syria.
去年以来，叙利亚盟友俄罗斯和中国在叙利亚问题上已经否决了三次安理会决议。
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。
He says the United States and Israel remain close allies and friends.
他说，美国和以色列仍然是亲密盟国和朋友。
We need to work closely with our allies.
我们需要和我们的盟友密切合作。
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。
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 landed thousands of airborne troops.
盟军空投了数千人的空降部队。
The more obvious potential allies are Ireland, Denmark and, to a lesser degree, the Netherlands.
最可能成为盟国的有爱尔兰和丹麦，放宽些还可以把荷兰算上。
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。
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。