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

• 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 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；
• The gens attempted to uproot the entire conjugal system of the period by its direct action.
  氏族组织曾打算采取直接行动根除这个时期流行的整个同居制度。
• 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 matriarchal gens has become the pivot on which the whole science turns;
  母权制氏族成了整个这门科学所围着旋转的轴心；
• 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；
• As a rule each gens had names for persons that were its special property.
  一般习惯，每一个氏族都有一套个人名字，这是该氏族的特殊财产。
• 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。
• The religious rites of the Indians are, however, more or less connected with the gens.
  不过印第安人的宗教仪式多少都是和氏族联系在一起的。
• 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。