| 单词 | fraternity |
| 释义 | fraternity (once / 1349 pages) n A fraternity is a group of people who work in the same industry or have similar careers. Your dad's fraternity of firefighters holds lots of charity events and get-togethers. Most often, a fraternity is a social club or group made up of men, but it can refer to any organization of people with something in common. At a college or university, a fraternity is a club for men that's by invitation only. Members of these frats, as they are called, often live together in one house and socialize primarily with each other. Fraternity comes from the Latin word fraternitatem, meaning "brotherhood." WORD FAMILYfraternity: fraternities+/fraternal: fraternalest, fraternally, fraternise, fraternity, fraternize/fraternisation: fraternisations/fraternise: fraternisation, fraternised, fraternising/fraternization: fraternizations/fraternize: fraternization, fraternized, fraternizes, fraternizing USAGE EXAMPLESGerard: Yeah, I drink Natty on weekends and was president of my fraternity, but I think there’s more to me than that. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) He says the fourth fraternity, Alpha Sigma Phi, is still under interim suspension. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) It offers, he added, “a message of fraternity, of sharing, of welcome and solidarity.” New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1n a social club for male undergraduates Syn|Hyper frat club, gild, guild, lodge, order, social club, society a formal association of people with similar interests 2n people engaged in a particular occupation the medical fraternity Syn|Hyper brotherhood, sodality class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum people having the same social, economic, or educational status |
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