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

• As long as the land belonged to the gens, no such power could exist.
  只要土地是氏族的财产，这种可能性是不存在的。
• Obligation of mutual protection and help among members of the gens.
  6·同氏族人有互相保护和援助的义务。
• 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。
• Marriages of Wa People 8. Prohibition of marriage within the gens except in the case of heiresses.
  佤族同姓婚禁忌探析&以班奈村佤族同姓婚禁忌为例8·禁止氏族内部通婚，但和女继承人结婚例外。
• Prohibition of marriage within the gens except in the case of heiresses.
  8·禁止氏族内部通婚，但和女继承人结婚例外。
• 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。
• These mutual right of inheritance strengthened the autonomy of the gens.
  这些相互继承遗产的权利加强了氏族的自决权。
• There is no sense in this rule unless a woman may not marry a member of her own gens.
  这一惯例只有在女子不能和同氏族人结婚的前提下才有意义。
• It adopted strangers into the gens.
  它收养外人加入氏族。