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

• Members of the local militia are usually members powerful local clans, which wield considerable power in the region.
  当地军事组织的成员通常是由能力的当地氏族成员，在本地区拥有相当大的权势。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• What if other clans hear of this, sanzaemon?
  其它部落听到会怎么想，仲代？
• These were the descendants of Joseph by their clans.
  按着家族，这就是约瑟的子孙。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Libya is divided into tribes and clans.
  利比亚被部落和党派瓜分。