fraternity
fraternity 英 [frəˈtɜ:nəti] 美 [frəˈtɜrnəti]
n. 友爱；兄弟会；互助会；大学生联谊会
名词复数:fraternities
- A fraternity is a group of people who work in the same industry or have similar careers. Your dad's fraternity of firefighters holds lots of charity events and get-togethers.
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- n. 友爱；兄弟会；互助会；大学生联谊会
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1. The fraternity may bid four new men.
这个互助会可接纳4名新会员。
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2. "You have to grumble in life, otherwise you get trampled on," was the main reason given by almost one in six people in the land of liberty, equality and fraternity.
至于法国人爱发牢骚的原因，这个宣扬自由、平等和友爱的国家的六分之一的人称，这是因为“在生活中必须得抱怨，不然就会受到轻视。”
- fraternity (n.) early 14c., "body of men associated by common interest," from Old French fraternité (12c.), from Latin fraternitatem (nominative fraternitas) "brotherhood," from fraternus "brotherly," from frater "brother," from PIE root *bhrater- "brother." Meaning "state or condition of being as brothers" is from late 15c. College Greek-letter organization sense is from 1777, first in reference to Phi Beta Kappa.
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