单词 | society |
释义 | society /sa'saiati; sa'santi/ n (pl -ties) 1 [U] social way of living; customs, etc of a civilized community; system whereby people live together in organized communities: 群体生活; 文明社会的习俗; 社会体制: a danger to ~, person, idea, etc that endangers the bodily or moral welfare of the members of a community; 社会之患 (危害社会人群身心福祉的人、观念等); pests of ~, persons who prey on the community and contribute nothing to its welfare. 社会的害虫。 2 [C] social community: 社会: modern industrial societies; 近代 T 果社会; certain grouping of humanity, eg Western Christendom, the people of Islam. 人类集团 (如西方基督敎性界,回敎敎徒) 。 3 [U] company; companionship: 友伴; 友谊; 交际: spend an evening in the ~ of one's friends. 和朋友们聚会度过一个晚上。 4 [U] people of fashion or distinction in a place, district, country, etc; the upper classes: (一个地方、地区、国家等的) 社会名流; 上流社会 (人士): leaders of ~; 上流社会的领袖; high (ie the most wealthy, influential, etc) ~ ; 上流社会人士 (有钱有势若); the customs of polite ~; 上流社会的习俗; (attrib) (形容用法) a , ~ man/woman; ± 流社会的功子 (女士); ~ weddings, of fashionable persons; 名流们的婚礼; ~ gossip/news, as printed in newspapers, etc. 上流社会间的项闻 (新闻) 。 5 [C] organization of persons formed with a purpose; club; association: (为某种目的组成的) 会; 社; 团体; 协会: the school debating ~; 学校里的燔论社; a cooperative ~; 合作社; the S~ of Friends. 敎友会 (基督敎一支派) 。 |
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