fraternity
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++fra·ter·ni·ty /frəˈtɜːnəti $ -ɜːr-/ noun (plural fraternities) 1. the teaching/scientific/criminal etc fraternity SOCIETYall the people who work in a particular profession or share a particular interest 教育界同仁/科学界同仁/犯罪团伙等2. [countable]SSO a club at an American college or university that has only male members 〔美国大学里的〕男生联谊会，兄弟会 → sorority3 [uncountable] formalFRIEND a feeling of friendship between members of a group 〔团体成员间的〕情谊，兄弟般的友谊 fraternity between nations 国与国之间的情谊
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fraternity• But there is nothing like a shared ordeal to build cohesion, as armies and fraternities have long known.• He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and was a past president of the fraternity.• The skills he displayed during the riot earned him an Achievement of the Year award from his fraternity.• He was, as we have seen, already President of his fraternity.• The possibility of people getting to know each other and forging structures of fraternity, and also structures of resistance, disappears.• The Nobel prize is awarded to someone who has worked to promote fraternity between nations.• The university's fraternities have a reputation for lively parties.• There can be no solutions until humanity has learned the meaning of words like co-operation, unselfishness, fraternity and trust.fra·ter·ni·ty nounChineseSyllable
work people the profession all or Corpus particular in a share who
fraternity
fra‧ter‧ni‧ty /frəˈtɜːnəti, frəˈtɜːnɪti $ -ɜːr-/
noun (plural fraternities)
1. the teaching/scientific/criminal etc fraternity all the people who work in a particular profession or share a particular interest
2. [countable] a club at an American college or university that has only male members ⇨ sorority
3. [uncountable] formal a feeling of friendship between members of a group:
fraternity between nations
fra‧ter‧ni‧ty /frəˈtɜːnəti, frəˈtɜːnɪti $ -ɜːr-/
noun (plural fraternities)1. the teaching/scientific/criminal etc fraternity all the people who work in a particular profession or share a particular interest
2. [countable] a club at an American college or university that has only male members ⇨ sorority
3. [uncountable] formal a feeling of friendship between members of a group:
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