fraternity

单词音标

fraternity音标[frә\'tә:niti]

汉语翻译

n. 友爱, 互助会, 大学生联谊会

词型变化

名词复数:fraternities

英语解释

名词 fraternity:

a social club for male undergraduates

同义词：frat

people engaged in a particular occupation

同义词：brotherhood, sodality

例句

An association of men, such as a fraternity or union, united for common purposes.

全体会员为共同目标组成的，如兄弟会或工会等的会员

A person who has been accepted for membership in a fraternity or similar organization and has promised to join but has not yet been initiated.

立誓入会的人已经被兄弟会或类似的组织接受为会员而且立誓加入，但仍尚未入会的人

He is a member of the medical fraternity.

他在医务界工作。

详细解释

fra.ter.ni.ty

n.（名词）

【复数】 fra.ter.ni.ties

A body of people associated for a common purpose or interest, such as a guild.

兄弟会：为共同的目的或利益而联合的人们的团体

A group of people joined by similar backgrounds, occupations, interests, or tastes:

一群同职业（同兴趣等）的人：由相似的背景、职业、兴趣或嗜好而联系在一起的一组人：

例句：

the fraternity of bird watchers.

爱鸟协会的成员

A chiefly social organization of men students at a college or university, usually designated by Greek letters.

大学生联谊会：学院或大学里男生的主要社会组织，通常以希腊字母命名

The quality or condition of being brothers; brotherliness.

友爱：成为兄弟的特征或条件；兄弟情谊

来源：

Middle English fraternite

中古英语 fraternite

from Old French fraternite

源自 古法语 fraternite

from Latin fr3ternit3s

源自 拉丁语 fr3ternit3s

from fr3ternus [fraternal] * see fraternal

源自 fr3ternus [兄弟般的] *参见 fraternal