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
- he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name
双语例句
- 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 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; - 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。 - The gens elects its sachem and its chief.
氏族选举一个酋长和一个首领。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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; - Prohibition of marriage within the gens except in the case of heiresses.
8·禁止氏族内部通婚,但和女继承人结婚例外。