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

• By his discovery of this simple fact Morgan has revealed for the first time the nature of the gens.
  摩尔根由于发现了这个简单的事实，就第一次阐明了氏族的本质。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• The gens elects its sachem and its chief.
  氏族选举一个酋长和一个首领。
• 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。