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

• The giant statues were pulled to the ground, possibly acts of sabotage between rival clans.
  很可能由于宗族之间的破坏行为，石像被推倒了。
• These are the boundaries around the people of Judah by their clans.
  这是犹大人按着宗族所得之地四围的交界。
• If their clans had succeeded, we would all be dead by now.
  如果他们的计划成功了，我们现在都死了。
• 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。
• A Hmong marriage implies an agreement between two clans and it is an important goal for most Hmong men and women.
  一个苗族婚姻意味着两个部族之间的协议，这是一个苗族男女最重要的目标。
• That is because such policies would threaten the power base and wealth of the ruling clans.
  这是因为这些政策将危及执政阶层的权力基础和财富。
• 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。
• When two clans of gorillas meet, they always avoid conflict.
  当两个不同族群的大猩猩相遇时，他们总是避免冲突。
• Another feature was the movements of individuals and clans from their ancestral abode.
  另一个特征就是个人和族人从祖宗老家向外迁徙。
• From many clans, mead-benches seized;
  从许多部族，夺过来甜酒坐凳。