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

• In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Patriarchal Clans in Huizhou paid much attention to ( education).
  明清时期徽州教育非常发达，这是徽州强大的宗族势力重视教育的结果。
• Groups, People you may know, Friend Finder, these are all clans.
  群组，您可能知道，朋友搜寻器，所有这些都是团体。
• "Sakau" is also used in solving differences and disputes amongst clans or individuals.
  “萨考”还可用于解决部落及个人之间的分歧和争端。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• From many clans, mead-benches seized;
  从许多部族，夺过来甜酒坐凳。
• 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。
• Libya is divided into tribes and clans.
  利比亚被部落和党派瓜分。
• 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。