gens中文什么意思

n.
(pl. gentes )
1.(古罗马或古希腊的)氏族。
2.氏族(尤指父系氏族)。

• gens togata:    〔拉丁语〕 古罗马公民。
• chins gens corp:    正全股份有限公司
• droit des gens:    〔法语〕 国际法。

例句与用法

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1. The humbler gentes had their common rites .
   卑微的氏族有其共同仪典。
2. The property should remain in the gens .
   遗产必须保存在本氏族之内。
3. The property of a deceased person should remain in the gens .
   死者遗产必须保存在本氏族之内。
4. All the male members of the gens were equally eligible .
   凡是本氏族的男性成员都具有同等的被选资格。

英文释义

名词

1. family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
   同义词：name

百科释义

In ancient Rome, a gens ( or ), plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps (plural stirpes).