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
- 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; - 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。 - 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 matriarchal gens has become the pivot on which the whole science turns;
母权制氏族成了整个这门科学所围着旋转的轴心; - 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。 - The religious rites of the Indians are, however, more or less connected with the gens.
不过印第安人的宗教仪式多少都是和氏族联系在一起的。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。