tribe
tribe
英[traɪb]美[traɪb]
n.部落，部族，[生]族，一帮，一伙，大群；
复数：tribes;
例句
This is a subject tribe.这是个受他人统治的部落。
The tribe's development was more primitive than that of their neighbours.那个部落处于比邻近部落更原始的发展阶段。
The designs used in the indigenous arts and crafts of this tribe are unique.这个部落自己生产的工艺品的设计很独特.
The US Government gave the land to the tribe in perpetuity.美国*府将这块土地永久性划拨给该部族。
In exchange, the tribe waives claim to similar water rights on non federal and private lands.作为交换, 部落放弃非联邦河私人土地上的类似水权.
Many a tribe and ruling house has survived by intermarrying with its rivals, rather than waging war on them.许多部落和有门望的家族都靠与敌方通婚而不是发动战争而生存下来.
Many of the tribe's customs and rituals are as old as the hills.这部落的许多风俗、仪式都极其古老.
a tribe of cannibals食人部落
Few know that the tribe was just passing through.很少有人知道那个部族只是路过。
His intercession could be of help to the tribe...他的调解可能会帮上该部落的忙。
英语六级真题
In other words, our inner caveman is continually looking over his shoulder to see what the rest of the tribe are up to.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT-COLL
(尤指发展中国家的)部落，部族(一些人不赞成此用法)
Tribe is sometimes used to refer to a group of people of the same race, language, and customs, especially in a developing country. Some people disapprove of this use.
例句
...three-hundred members of the Xhosa tribe.300 名科萨族人…a map of Maryland marked with the names of Indian tribes.标有印第安部落名称的马里兰州地图N-COUNT-COLL
(从事相同活动或行为相同的)一伙(人)，一帮(人)
You can use tribe to refer to a group of people who are all doing the same thing or who all behave in the same way.
例句
...tribes of talented young people.一群群才华出众的年轻人…the particularly unpleasant tribe who argue over the splitting of restaurant and bar bills.那帮为分摊吃喝账单而争吵的令人非常讨厌的家伙英汉词典释义
n.
部落, 种族
America was once the home of many Indian tribes.美洲曾经是许多印第安部落的故土。(动、植物的)族, 类
(一)帮, (一)伙, (一)批
大群；大帮；大批
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a social division of (usually preliterate) people
2. a federation (as of American Indians)
3. (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
4. group of people related by blood or marriage
行业词典
动物学： 族；
医学： 族：生物学分类术语，低于“科”(或“亚科”)而高于“属”(或“亚族”)；
植物学： 族；
