英语单词 | clan |
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英美音标 | 英 [klæn] 美 [klæn] |
中文释义 | n.氏族;宗族;党派 |
英语例句 | (1) They still kept traces of the clan society. (2) The hunter killed for the clan, not for himself. (3) They relied upon the patriarchal clan to control all or most of towns business. (4) Clansmen who had achieved distinction would be eulogisedas they would bring reflected honour to their family and clan. (5) Now some believe that the clan's preeminence is already being challenged. (6) The movement is on a roll.Whether this translates into votes in a society where patronage and clan loyalties still largely hold sway is not yet clear. |
中文例句 | (1) 他们还保留了氏族社会的痕迹。 (2) 猎手是为氏族,而不是为自己打猎。 (3) 他们依靠宗族的力量,控制城镇集市的全部或大部分贸易。 (4) 卓越非凡的宗族成员被视为光宗耀祖,因此会被褒扬。 (5) 现在,一些人相信党派的卓越性正受到挑战。 (6) 支持者及党派大部分仍然处于摇摆不定的立场,因此是否会转变成一场社会性的选举还不确定。 |
vocabulary简明 | A clan is an extended family. Your clan might include your parents and siblings, but also your cousins and second cousins, aunts and uncles, and grandparents. |
vocabulary扩展 | Families that are related to each other, whether through marriage or as distant cousins, are members of the same clan. If you get together with a big family group every summer, you can say you vacation with your clan. In Scotland, a person's clan has a specific name, like "clan MacLachlan." The word comes from the Gaelic clann, "family" or "offspring," with the Latin root planta, "offshoot." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]家族;宗族;氏族 A clan is a group which consists of families that are related to each other.
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](有共同利益的)集团,帮派,派系 You can refer to a group of people with the same interests as a clan . [INFORMAL 非正式]
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