大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 clan


释义：

clan n. 宗族，氏族；<非正式>大家庭，大家族；<非正式>集团，帮派
【名】 （Clan）（英）克兰（人名）
[ 复数 clans ]

例句：



Every family cultivates its vendetta; every clan, its feud.

每个家庭都有自己的仇怨；每个氏族都有自己的世仇。



To deal with the rabbit problem, settlers introduced stoats — a member of the weasel clan and a terrific predator.

为了应对兔子的问题，定居者们引进了白鼬。 白鼬是黄鼠狼家族的一员——也是一个恐怖的掠食者。



A weapon which would kill with accuracy at fifteen hundred yards opened a whole new vista of delights to every family or clan which could acquire it.

一件能在一千五百码开外精准杀伤的武器，为每一个能获得它的家庭或部族带来了一幅全新的欢乐景象。



Everyone living inside would have the same surname, except for those who had married into the clan.

住在里面的每个人都有相同的姓氏，除了那些嫁入这个家族的人。



Rather than merely a sign, it is the root from which we can trace back to our ancestor, the tie that helps bind us to other members of the same clan, the dignity most people hope to live for.

它不仅仅是一种标志，更是我们可以追溯到祖先的根源，是将我们与同族其他成员联系在一起的纽带，是大多数人希望为之而活的尊严。



His father belonged to the Lakhmid clan of seminomads who lived east of the Euphrates.

他的父亲属于居住在幼发拉底河以东的半游牧民族拉赫密德氏族。



Durian clan refers to ill-tempered co-workers who have been working for many years and are emotionally prickly.

榴莲族，是对职场中有一定工作资历，但脾气像榴莲一样又臭又硬的同事。



She ranks as my junior in the clan.

她的辈分比我小。



A day later, a clan leader was shot dead.

一天后，一个部落首领被枪杀。



This clan was potlatched by a neighbouring clan.

这个部落被邻近部落举行的炫财冬宴所压倒。



That's how the clan knew Zuleika had found you.

这就是为什么整个家族知道奈提莉已经找到了你。



Some clan loyalists are said to have voted 20 times.

一些部族忠诚者据称投了20次票。



Of the rest of the Gaddafi clan there was little news.

卡扎菲家族的其他人鲜有新闻。



The sixth lot came out for Naphtali, clan by clan.

为拿弗他利人，按着宗族，拈出第六阄。



The fourth lot came out for Issachar, clan by clan.

为以萨迦人，按着宗族，拈出第四阄。



So he went instead to Scotland and there founded our clan.

所以他转而来到了苏格兰，创立了我们氏族。