loyalties
loyalties — 名詞
1. the strong bonds that make a person stay faithful to certain people, groups, or
忠誠；效忠
對人、團體或理念的忠心與責任感
the strong bonds that make a person stay faithful to certain people, groups, or causes and stand by them when needed
Felipe's loyalties stayed with his hometown team, even after he moved abroad.
即使搬到國外，Felipe 的忠誠仍然屬於家鄉的球隊。
possessive + loyalties + stay/lie with [group]
The two brothers had divided loyalties when their father's company competed with their uncle's.
父親的公司和叔叔的公司互相競爭時，兩兄弟的忠誠被拉往兩邊。
collocation: divided loyalties
Salma's strong loyalties to her village kept her from accepting the city job.
Salma 對村莊的強烈忠誠，讓她無法接受城裡的工作。
pattern: loyalties to + place
Tunde said that a good referee must leave personal loyalties outside the stadium.
Tunde 說，好的裁判必須把個人的忠誠留在體育場外。
Nobody in the valley knew where Esteban's loyalties would lie once the fighting began.
戰鬥一開打，山谷裡沒有人知道 Esteban 會效忠哪一邊。
where + possessive + loyalties + lie
文法句型
loyalties to + person/group/place