[N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词](尤指发展中国家的)部落,部族(一些人不赞成此用法)Tribe is sometimes used to refer to a group of people of the same race, language, and customs, especially in a developing country. Some people disapprove of this use.
...three-hundred members of the Xhosa tribe.
300 名科萨族人
…a map of Maryland marked with the names of Indian tribes.
标有印第安部落名称的马里兰州地图
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[N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词](从事相同活动或行为相同的)一伙(人),一帮(人) You can use tribe to refer to a group of people who are all doing the same thing or who all behave in the same way.
[usu N of n]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
[mainly HUMOROUS 主幽默]
...tribes of talented young people.
一群群才华出众的年轻人
…the particularly unpleasant tribe who argue over the splitting of restaurant and bar bills.
那帮为分摊吃喝账单而争吵的令人非常讨厌的家伙
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tribe/traɪb; NAmEtraɪb/noun1( sometimes offensive) (in developing countries) a group of people of the same race, and with the same customs, language, religion, etc, living in a particular area and often led by a chief 部落◆tribes living in remote areas of the Amazonian rainforest居住在亚马孙河雨林偏远地区的部落2( usually disapproving) a group or class of people, especially of one profession (尤指同一职业的)一伙(人),一帮(人),一类(人)◆He had a sudden outburst against the whole tribe of actors.他突然对所有的演员非常反感。3( biology 生) a group of related animals or plants (动物或植物的)群,族◆a tribe of cats猫族4( informalorhumorous) a large number of people 大群;大帮;大批◆One or two of the grandchildren will be there, but not the whole tribe.一两个孙子孙女会去那里,但并不是所有的人。tribetribestribe/traɪb; NAmEtraɪb/
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tribetribe /traɪb/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1a social group consisting of people of the same race who have the same beliefs, customs, language etc, and usually live in one particular area ruled by their leader: a tribe of Aborigines known as the Dolphin People2a group of people with the same interests – used especially to show disapproval: tribes of journalists3a group of related animals or plants: the cat tribe4humorous a large family: We were only expecting Jack and his wife, but the whole tribe turned up.
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