clannish

英 [ˈklænɪʃ]

美 [ˈklænɪʃ]

adj.  小集团的; 宗派的; 排他的

GRE

COCA.39075

牛津词典

adj.

• 小集团的；宗派的；排他的
  not showing interest in people who are not in the group

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 拉帮结派的;小集团的;排外的
  If you describe a group of people asclannish, you mean that they often spend time together and may seem unfriendly to other people who are not in the group.
  1. They were a clannish lot, not given to welcoming strangers.
     他们那帮人抱成一团，不怎么欢迎生人。

英英释义

adj

• befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
  Synonym:cliquishclubbysnobbishsnobby
• characteristic of a clan especially in being unified
  1. clannish loyalty

双语例句

• We moved to the area two years ago and found the clannish quality of village life hard to cope with.
  我们两年前搬到了这个地区，发现很难应付乡村生活的排外性。
• He is clannish and endearing, and mostly tame as long as you don't wave the red flag.
  他是氏族和可爱的，大多是温和的，只要你不波的红旗。
• Of course you know to begin with that the Kane family is very clannish.
  你当然知道甘家的家庭是很家族主义的。
• Based on its own cultural characteristics, the ancient China formed a peculiar social order controlling system, such as religionary mitzvoth at individual level, family rules at clannish level, and national laws at social level.
  中国古代社会在寻求自己的秩序调控方式过程中，基于自身文化环境的特点，形成了以宗教戒律为个体层、以家规为宗族层、以国法为社会层的独特社会秩序调控系统。
• They were a clannish lot, not given to welcoming strangers.
  他们那帮人抱成一团，不怎么欢迎生人。
• An Investigation into Conflicts of Clannish Groups in Present Village Election in Zhejiang
  当代浙江村民选举中的宗族派系斗争调查
• The Dysfunction of Markets of Managing Agents, and the Control of Clannish Enterprises
  经理人市场失灵与家族企业治理
• To strengthen education, Huizhou clans took a series of concrete measures such as: actively establishing various kinds of clannish educational institutions, emphasizing the standardization of early family education and clans 'bringing-up education, stringently examining the clans' descendants 'study and cautiously choosing tutors.
  积极创办各类宗族性教育机构、重视家庭早期教育和宗族蒙学教育的规范化、对宗族子弟的学业进行严格的考核并予以奖惩、慎择教师等是其兴学重教所采取的具体措施。
• Such strong relationships are echoed in Japan's tightly knit firms, some of which are clannish to their roots.
  这种亲密的人际关系在组织紧密的日本企业里也有所反映。很多日本企业就是家族式企业。
• The Irish families in the US were very clannish and their lives centred on the church.
  居住在美国的爱尔兰家庭十分虔诚，他们的生活与教会有著密切关系。