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

• By his discovery of this simple fact Morgan has revealed for the first time the nature of the gens.
  摩尔根由于发现了这个简单的事实，就第一次阐明了氏族的本质。
• Another distinctive right of the gens was that of admitting new members by adoption.
  民族的另一个奇特的权利就是收养外人为本氏族的新成员。
• All the male members of the gens were equally eligible.
  凡是本氏族的男性成员都具有同等的被选资格。
• A division of the tribe or of the gens into different classes was equally impossible.
  同样，部落和氏族分为不同的阶级也是不可能的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But if it was a sister's son who was sacrificed, then the most sacred law of the gens was violated.
  但是假如成为牺牲品的是姊妹的儿子，那么这就违反了最神圣的氏族法规；
• 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。