单词 | society |
释义 | Word Frequency society(səˈsaɪətɪ) nounWord forms: plural -ties 1. the totality of social relationships among organized groups of human beings or animals 2. a system of human organizations generating distinctive cultural patterns and institutions and usually providing protection, security, continuity, and a national identity for its members 3. such a system with reference to its mode of social and economic organization or its dominant class middle-class society 4. those with whom one has companionship 5. an organized group of people associated for some specific purpose or on account of some common interest a learned society 6. a. the privileged class of people in a community, esp as considered superior or fashionable b. (as modifier) a society woman 7. the social life and intercourse of such people to enter society as a debutante 8. companionship; the fact or state of being together with someone else I enjoy her society 9. ecology a small community of plants within a larger association Word origin C16: via Old French societé from Latin societās, from socius a comrade |
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