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someone who helps and supports someone else: 盟友；支持者
ally of sbShe is known to be a longtime ally of the chancellor.
He is generally considered to be the prime minister's closest political ally.人们普遍认为他是首相最亲密的政治盟友。
She consulted someone who had always been a staunch friend and ally.
someone who helps and supports other people who are part of a group that is treated badly or unfairly, although they are not themselves a member of this group:
ally to sbHe promised to be an ally to women in their fight against abuse.
Allies use their power to create a more inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive, and find ways to make their privilege work for others.
Cuba became an ally of the Soviet Union in the 1950s.
If the violence continues, they risk alienating one of their most powerful allies.
NATO allies have decided to send peace-keeping troops to the troubled area.
The President and his allies are willing to shut down the federal government unless they get what they want.
You have been my ally and my confidant.
Students will study African American activists and white allies who put their lives on the line for African American Civil Rights.
Here are some tips on how to be an ally at work.

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Helpers and accomplices
abettor
accessory
accomplice
acolyte
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backup
collaborator
confederate
den mother
enabler
facilitator
moll
partner
pinch hitter
right-hand man
room parent
sponsor
strength
support group
supporting cast

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ally | American Dictionary

ally
noun[ C ]
us/ˈæl·ɑɪ, əˈlɑɪ/
politics & government
a country that has agreed to give help and support to another, esp. during a war, or a person who helps and supports someone else

ally

verb[ Talways+ adv/prep ]us/əˈlɑɪ, ˈæl·ɑɪ/
I refused to ally myself with that mob.

Examples of ally

ally
As against professionalism, then, politeness was allied with the spirit of the amateur.
This conservatism on the part of nuclear states may have also led them to restrain their minor allies.
They include an array of prices, allied to more direct types of information concerning resource stocks.
In an election campaign, of course, group leaders want their allies to participate, not their enemies.
Nature is always allied with the inland man, supporting him and saving him from enemies.
This very vibrancy may be a source of modest encouragement for the country's friends and allies.
The commerce and theft of the two armies certainly suggests mercenary objectives rather than the close cooperation of allies.
Both were afraid not only of alienating allies, but also of vagrancy and chaos within their domains.
However, it was unlikely that without other allies, labor alone could have attained the truck prohibition.
These two institutions evolved so as to divide unions from one another and from coalitional allies on the left.
Above all, this is a narrator allied with the female protagonists in the keeping of eclipsing secrets.
The third key ally of the student movement was the mass media.
Therefore, in the last phase of the campaign, the candidates and their allies attempted to win the votes of the continuing members of congress.
They were thus incompatible with politeness, which was allied with the metropolitan and cosmopolitan and the pursuit of a general culture.
Both workers and employers sought to present themselves as the necessary allies of the state.
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close ally
It ill befits a close ally and friend.
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