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

• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The gens elects its sachem head of the gens in peace and its chief leader in war.
  氏族选举一个酋长平时的首脑和一个首领军事领袖。
• That is, he would have had the right to make dispositions in the affairs of a gens to which he did not even belong.
  这就是说，他有权处理他所不属于的那个氏族的事务了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。