gens

英 [dʒenz]

美 [dʒenz]

n.  （罗马法）部落；氏族；宗族

英英释义

noun

• family based on male descent
  1. he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name
  Synonym:name

双语例句

• As a rule each gens had names for persons that were its special property.
  一般习惯，每一个氏族都有一套个人名字，这是该氏族的特殊财产。
• The gens attempted to uproot the entire conjugal system of the period by its direct action.
  氏族组织曾打算采取直接行动根除这个时期流行的整个同居制度。
• Prohibition of marriage within the gens except in the case of heiresses.
  8·禁止氏族内部通婚，但和女继承人结婚例外。
• Liberty, equality, and fraternity, though never formulated, were cardinal principles of the gens.
  自由、平等和博爱，虽然从来没有明确规定，却是氏族的根本原则。
• Another distinctive right of the gens was that of admitting new members by adoption.
  民族的另一个奇特的权利就是收养外人为本氏族的新成员。
• It adopted strangers into the gens.
  它收养外人加入氏族。
• Marriages of Wa People 8. Prohibition of marriage within the gens except in the case of heiresses.
  佤族同姓婚禁忌探析&以班奈村佤族同姓婚禁忌为例8·禁止氏族内部通婚，但和女继承人结婚例外。
• The woman loses her agnatic rights on marriage and leaves her gens;
  妇女出嫁后就丧失了她的阿格纳蒂的权利，而退出自己的氏族；
• All offices were elective, generally within a gens, and to that extent hereditary to the gens.
  一切职位多半都是在氏族内部选举的，因而是在氏族范围内世袭的。
• The impulse given by the gens to the prevention of marriage between blood relatives extended still further.
  氏族在禁止血缘亲属结婚方面所起的推动作用，使事情更加向前发展了。