tribes

英 [traɪbz]

美 [traɪbz]

n.  部落; (尤指同一职业的)一伙(人)，一帮(人)，一类(人); (动物或植物的)群，族
tribe的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT-COLL (尤指发展中国家的)部落，部族(一些人不赞成此用法)
  Tribeis sometimes used to refer to a group of people of the same race, language, and customs, especially in a developing country. Some people disapprove of this use.
  1. ...three-hundred members of the Xhosa tribe.
     300 名科萨族人
  2. …a map of Maryland marked with the names of Indian tribes.
     标有印第安部落名称的马里兰州地图
• N-COUNT-COLL (从事相同活动或行为相同的)一伙(人)，一帮(人)
  You can usetribeto refer to a group of people who are all doing the same thing or who all behave in the same way.
  1. ...tribes of talented young people.
     一群群才华出众的年轻人
  2. …the particularly unpleasant tribe who argue over the splitting of restaurant and bar bills.
     那帮为分摊吃喝账单而争吵的令人非常讨厌的家伙

双语例句

• They battled against other Indian tribes, but rarely fought with the whites
  他们同其他印第安部落作战，但很少与白人并肩对敌。
• Many tribes became extinct when they came into contact with Western illnesses.
  许多部落在接触到西方疾病后就灭绝了。
• Schools will help to civilize the wild tribes there.
  学校教育将有助于使那里的野蛮部落逐步开化。
• The two tribes live peaceably together.
  这两个部落和平地生活在一起。
• The Spaniards subdued the Indian tribes in Mexico.
  西班牙人征服了墨西哥的印第安部落。
• The Romans civilized many of the tribes of northern Europe.
  罗马人开化了北欧许多部落。
• The condition of Asiatic and European tribes in this period is substantially lost.
  亚洲和欧洲部落处在这一时期的情况基本上已经湮没无闻了。
• The East Germanic tribes settled east of the Oder River, but their languages have long since become extinct.
  东部的日耳曼各部落定居在奥得河以东地区，但是他们的语言早就消失了。
• Originally tribes exchanged with tribe through the respective chiefs of the gentes;
  起初是部落和部落之间通过各自的氏族首长来进行交换；
• They traded with our enemies the crow and other tribes.
  他们同我们的死对头克劳族以及其他部落进行贸易。