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。
• 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。
• Name the clans that made up the Shadow Council and their leaders.
  说出组成影子议会的部落名称，以及他们的领袖。
• The MacDonald and Stewart tartans are famous Tartan patterns associated with different Scottish family groups or clans.
  麦克唐纳和斯图尔特是与不同苏格兰家族或宗派相联系的有名的方格图案。
• 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。
• Many private car owners living near subway lines in Beijing have now been car-sparing clans.
  北京地铁沿线的许多私家车主都加入了“弃车族”行列。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。