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
- 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。 - 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。 - That is, he would have had the right to make dispositions in the affairs of a gens to which he did not even belong.
这就是说,他有权处理他所不属于的那个氏族的事务了。 - Obligation of mutual protection and help among members of the gens.
6·同氏族人有互相保护和援助的义务。 - 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。 - 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。 - But if it was a sister's son who was sacrificed, then the most sacred law of the gens was violated.
但是假如成为牺牲品的是姊妹的儿子,那么这就违反了最神圣的氏族法规; - Thus while each gens was strictly exogamous, the tribe embracing all the gentes was no less endogamous.
这样,要是氏族是严格外婚制的,那么包括了所有这些氏族的部落,便成了同样严格内婚制的了。 - 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。 - No member is permitted to marry within the gens.
氏族的任何成员都不得在氏族内部通婚。