society

英 [səˈsaɪəti]

美 [səˈsaɪəti]

n.  社会(以群体形式生活在一起的人的总称); 社会(共同遵守一定的习俗、法律等的特定群体); 社团; 协会; 学会

复数：societies　

中考高考CET4CET6考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.326 / COCA.507

同义词辨析

societyleagueunion【导航词义：社团】

牛津词典

noun

• 社会（以群体形式生活在一起的人的总称）
  people in general, living together in communities
  1. policies that will benefit society as a whole
     将有利于整个社会的政策
  2. Racism exists at all levels of society.
     种族主义存在于社会各阶层。
  3. They carried out research into the roles of men and women in today's society.
     他们就男人和女人在当今社会中所扮演的角色展开研究。
• 社会（共同遵守一定的习俗、法律等的特定群体）
  a particular community of people who share the same customs, laws, etc.
  1. modern industrial societies
     现代工业社会
  2. demand created by a consumer society
     消费型社会所产生的需求
  3. Can Britain ever be a classless society?
     英国能否有朝一日成为一个无阶级社会？
  4. They were discussing the problems of Western society.
     当时他们正在讨论西方社会的问题。
• 社团；协会；学会
  a group of people who join together for a particular purpose
  1. a member of the drama society
     剧社成员
  2. the American Society of Newspaper Editors
     美国报纸主编协会
• 上流社会
  the group of people in a country who are fashionable, rich and powerful
  1. Their daughter married into high society .
     他们的女儿嫁到了上层人家。
  2. a society wedding
     上层社会的婚礼
• 相伴；交往
  the state of being with other people
  1. He was a solitary man who avoided the society of others.
     他是个孤僻的人，不愿和人交往。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 社会(视作一个有组织的大群体)
  Societyis people in general, thought of as a large organized group.
  1. This reflects attitudes and values prevailing in society...
     这反映了社会上盛行的态度和价值观。
  2. He maintains Islam must adapt to modern society.
     他坚持认为伊斯兰教必须适应现代社会。
• N-VAR 社会(指居住在某个国家或地区的人民、其组织及其生活方式)
  Asocietyis the people who live in a country or region, their organizations, and their way of life.
  1. We live in a capitalist society.
     我们生活在一个资本主义社会里。
  2. ...those responsible for destroying our African heritage and the fabric of our society.
     那些毁掉了我们非洲的文化遗产、破坏了我们的社会结构的人
  3. ...the complexities of South African society.
     错综复杂的南非社会
• N-COUNT 协会;社团
  Asocietyis an organization for people who have the same interest or aim.
  1. ...the North of England Horticultural Society.
     北英格兰园艺协会
  2. ...the historical society.
     历史协会
• N-UNCOUNT 上流社会;社交界
  Societyis the rich, fashionable people in a particular place who meet on social occasions.
  1. The couple quickly became a fixture of society pages.
     夫妇俩很快便成为了报纸社交版上的常驻人物。
  2. ...the high season for society weddings.
     上流社会举办婚礼的旺季
• See also:building society

英英释义

noun

• an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
• a formal association of people with similar interests
  1. he joined a golf club
  2. they formed a small lunch society
  3. men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today
  Synonym:clubsocial clubguildgildlodgeorder
• the fashionable elite
  Synonym:high societybeau mondesmart setbon ton
• the state of being with someone
  1. he missed their company
  2. he enjoyed the society of his friends
  Synonym:companycompanionshipfellowship

双语例句

• We live in a capitalist society.
  我们生活在一个资本主义社会里。
• He sees dissidents as the dregs of society.
  他把和他政见相左的人看作是社会渣滓。
• But we are now a much more fragmented society
  但我们现在所处的是一个更加四分五裂的社会。
• Our objective is a free, open and pluralistic society.
  我们的目标是建立一个自由、开放和多元化的社会。
• This reflects attitudes and values prevailing in society
  这反映了社会上盛行的态度和价值观。
• Rugged individualism forged America's frontier society.
  坚定的个人主义造就了美国的边疆社会。
• To a society which has lost its orientation he has much to offer
  对于一个迷失了方向的社会，他能做的有很多。
• Society begins to have an impact on the developing child.
  社会开始对成长中的孩子产生影响。
• Innocence and decent living are no protection from the evil elements within our society
  清白做人和正派生活无法保护我们不受社会中邪恶力量的伤害。
• This society is ripe for change.
  发生社会变革的时机已经成熟。