clans

英 [klænz]

美 [klænz]

n.  (尤指苏格兰的)宗族，氏族，家族; 庞大的家族; 宗派; 帮派; 小集团
clan的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 家族;宗族;氏族
  Aclanis a group which consists of families that are related to each other.
  1. ...rival clans.
     敌对的家族
• N-COUNT (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 aclan.
  1. ...a powerful clan of industrialists from Monterrey.
     来自蒙特雷的势力强大的企业家集团

双语例句

• Traditionally, an unmarried woman was considered a disgrace because the family would miss out on establishing social relationships with other clans.
  传统上，一个未婚女子被认为是一种耻辱，因为家庭将错失建立与其他氏族社会关系了。
• The reason I call them clans is because you all share a common interest and intents.
  我将他们称之为团体的原因是因为大家有共同的兴趣和意图。
• Libya is divided into tribes and clans.
  利比亚被部落和党派瓜分。
• These were the descendants of Joseph by their clans.
  按着家族，这就是约瑟的子孙。
• During that time, two clans have gained the upper hand: the clan of Red devils and the clan of Blue wolves.
  在那期间，二个氏族已经得到上面的手：红色魔鬼的氏族和蓝色狼的氏族。
• The same impulses toward extremism are used to justify war between Sunni and Shia, between tribes and clans.
  对极端主义的同样驱动引发逊尼派教徒和什叶派教徒、部落与宗族间的交战。
• The clans lived off the land more or less self-sufficiently, with cattle as their main wealth.
  各个家族都拥有土地，基本可以自给自足，但他们主要的财产是牛。
• This dance also seems to have a close relationship with primitive dances of the clans.
  这部乐舞看来也和氏族传统的原始舞蹈有着渊源关系。
• Totem, together with the clan system, came into being in the matriarchal clan period of primitive society; totem is the symbol of different marriage groups and clans.
  它是在原始社会母系氏族时期与氏族制度一起形成的，图腾是不同婚姻集团和氏族的标志。
• These educational measures of the patriarchal clans guaranteed the cultural and economical prosperity in Huizhou.
  这些措施是明清时期徽州一府文化繁荣、济发达的重要保证。