单词 | social system |
释义 | > as lemmassocial system social system n. a set of interdependent relationships, customs, and institutions that constitute a society. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [noun] > social structure or system social system1742 social structure1804 social order1817 social market1846 1742Social system [see sense A. 5c]. 1853 H. Martineau Positive Philos. of Comte II. vi. i. 11 The passage from one social system to another can never be continuous and direct. 1917 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures 335 I cannot think it right that any human being should exercise mastery over others in the merciless fashion our tom-fool social system permits. 1997 T. Mackintosh-Smith Yemen (1999) vi. 154 Scores of colonial officials from Africa who were used to a totally different social system. < as lemmas |
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