tribes

英 [traɪbz]

美 [traɪbz]

n.  部落; (尤指同一职业的)一伙(人)，一帮(人)，一类(人); (动物或植物的)群，族
tribe的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT-COLL (尤指发展中国家的)部落，部族(一些人不赞成此用法)
  Tribeis sometimes used to refer to a group of people of the same race, language, and customs, especially in a developing country. Some people disapprove of this use.
  1. ...three-hundred members of the Xhosa tribe.
     300 名科萨族人
  2. …a map of Maryland marked with the names of Indian tribes.
     标有印第安部落名称的马里兰州地图
• N-COUNT-COLL (从事相同活动或行为相同的)一伙(人)，一帮(人)
  You can usetribeto refer to a group of people who are all doing the same thing or who all behave in the same way.
  1. ...tribes of talented young people.
     一群群才华出众的年轻人
  2. …the particularly unpleasant tribe who argue over the splitting of restaurant and bar bills.
     那帮为分摊吃喝账单而争吵的令人非常讨厌的家伙

双语例句

• The walls between races and tribes; natives and immigrants; Christian and Muslim and Jew cannot stand.
  种族和部落、原住民和移民、基督教徒、穆斯林与犹太教徒之间的墙不能存在下去。
• The tribes were easily conquered by the Persian armies.
  这些部落轻易就被波斯军队征服了。
• Violent conflicts between tribes have shaken the region.
  部落之间的暴力冲突削弱了该地区的实力。
• The same impulses toward extremism are used to justify war between Sunni and Shia, between tribes and clans.
  对极端主义的同样驱动引发逊尼派教徒和什叶派教徒、部落与宗族间的交战。
• Genghis Khan united the tribes living in Mongolian grasslands in 1206.
  1206年，成吉思汗统一了生活在蒙古草原的部落。
• From the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin they allotted the previously named towns.
  这以上录名的城，在犹大，西缅，便雅悯三支派的地中，以色列人拈阄给了他们。
• In Africa the snake is still sacred with many tribes.
  非洲许多部落仍把蛇尊为圣物。
• Libya is divided into tribes and clans.
  利比亚被部落和党派瓜分。
• Primitive tribes lived by fishing, hunting and gathering.
  原始部落靠渔猎采集为生。
• The Spaniards subdued the Indian tribes in Mexico.
  西班牙人征服了墨西哥的印第安部落。