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
- he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name
双语例句
- 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。 - As long as the land belonged to the gens, no such power could exist.
只要土地是氏族的财产,这种可能性是不存在的。 - 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。 - These mutual right of inheritance strengthened the autonomy of the gens.
这些相互继承遗产的权利加强了氏族的自决权。 - The authority of the sachem within the gens was paternal, and purely moral in character;
酋长在氏族内部的权力,是父亲般的、纯粹道德性质的; - The Roman gens is recognized to be the same institution as the Greek gens;
人们公认,罗马氏族的制度和希腊氏族的制度是相同的; - According to the story, only one boy who had remained behind survived to propagate the gens.
只剩下一个男孩,延续了这个氏族。 - 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。 - 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。 - All the male members of the gens were equally eligible.
凡是本氏族的男性成员都具有同等的被选资格。