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
- he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name
双语例句
- The gens elects its sachem and its chief.
氏族选举一个酋长和一个首领。 - The Roman gens is recognized to be the same institution as the Greek gens;
人们公认,罗马氏族的制度和希腊氏族的制度是相同的; - Thus while each gens was strictly exogamous, the tribe embracing all the gentes was no less endogamous.
这样,要是氏族是严格外婚制的,那么包括了所有这些氏族的部落,便成了同样严格内婚制的了。 - 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。 - 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; - 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。 - 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; - 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。 - The impulse given by the gens to the prevention of marriage between blood relatives extended still further.
氏族在禁止血缘亲属结婚方面所起的推动作用,使事情更加向前发展了。 - According to the story, only one boy who had remained behind survived to propagate the gens.
只剩下一个男孩,延续了这个氏族。