brotherhood
n. 手足情谊, 兄弟关系
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教材释义与例句
兄弟关系;手足情谊;四海之内皆兄弟的信念
a feeling of friendship between people
the spirit of brotherhood
互爱精神
释义与例句
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1.
The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).
哥们义气
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An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
可数 不可数James formed a kind of brotherhood for ex-pats who were working in Valencia.
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All the people engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession
可数 不可数the legal brotherhood
the medical brotherhood
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People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.
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下位词 1
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From Middle English brotherhod, equivalent to brother + -hood, from earlier brotherhede, alteration (influenced by suffixes in -hood, -head) of Early Middle English brotherrede (“brotherhood, fraternity”), from Old English brōþorrǣden (“brotherhood, fellowship”), equivalent to brother + -red (see brotherred). More at brother, -red. Piecewise doublet of friarhood.
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