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

• 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。
• Libya is divided into tribes and clans.
  利比亚被部落和党派瓜分。
• From many clans, mead-benches seized;
  从许多部族，夺过来甜酒坐凳。
• 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。
• This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.
  这是便雅悯人按着宗族所得的地业。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• These were the descendants of Joseph by their clans.
  按着家族，这就是约瑟的子孙。
• 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。