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

• 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 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A division of the tribe or of the gens into different classes was equally impossible.
  同样，部落和氏族分为不同的阶级也是不可能的。
• The woman loses her agnatic rights on marriage and leaves her gens;
  妇女出嫁后就丧失了她的阿格纳蒂的权利，而退出自己的氏族；
• 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。