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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries效忠分歧
Native Script:中文汉字
Pronunciation / Transliteration: xiàozhōng fēnqí
"这场合并案让许多员工陷入了效忠分歧的困境。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A state of feeling allegiance to two or more opposing groups, causes, or individuals simultaneously, causing internal conflict or hesitation.
"Working for a competitor created severe divided loyalties for the veteran employee." - 2
A situation where a person's affections or duties are split between conflicting commitments, such as family and career.
"As an immigrant, she often experienced divided loyalties between her homeland and her adopted country."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The phrase combines the past participle of the Middle English verb 'dividen' (from Latin 'dividere', to separate) with 'loyalty', derived via Old French 'leauté' from the Latin 'legalis', meaning legal or faithful to the law. First recorded in common usage during the early modern geopolitical conflicts, it describes the psychological tension of allegiance split between two or more competing entities.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Divided loyalty" is said worldwide
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loyauté partagée
Transliteration: lwajote partege
"Son mariage avec un étranger a entraîné une loyauté partagée."
Gereiztheit
Transliteration: zerrissene Loyalität
Script: zerrissene Loyalität
"Er kämpfte mit einer zerrissenen Loyalität zwischen seiner Familie und seiner Firma."
lealtà divisa
Transliteration: lealtà divisa
"La sua doppia cittadinanza ha creato in lui una lealtà divisa."
lealtad dividida
Transliteration: lealtad dividida
"Los empleados a menudo sienten una lealtad dividida durante las adquisiciones corporativas."
lealdade dividida
Transliteration: lealdade dividida
"Ela sentiu lealdade dividida entre o time de sua cidade natal e seu time atual."
बँटी हुई निष्ठा
Transliteration: banti hui nishtha
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"दो संस्कृतियों के बीच रहने से उसके मन में बँटी हुई निष्ठा पैदा हो गई।"
效忠分歧
Transliteration: xiàozhōng fēnqí
Script: 中文汉字
"这场合并案让许多员工陷入了效忠分歧的困境。"
분열된 충성심
Transliteration: bunyeol-doen chungseong-sim
Script: 한국어 한글
"그는 두 조직 사이에서 분열된 충성심으로 괴로워했다."
板挟みの忠誠心
Transliteration: itabasami no chūseishin
Script: 日本語
"彼女は二つの国籍の間で板挟みの忠誠心を感じていた。"
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