| 单词 | social unit |
| 释义 | social unit (once / 47468 pages) n WORD FAMILY social unit: social units USAGE EXAMPLES“Terrorist groups are actually diverse social units and are internally heterogeneous,” the scholar explained. Salon(May 09, 2016) At the Pacific Street brownstone, the smallest social unit is the floor. The New Yorker(May 16, 2016) The most important social unit in Hawaii is the ohana—extended family, in which everyone is an auntie or uncle. The New Yorker(Mar 09, 2016) n an organization regarded as part of a larger social group Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper unit Air Force Research Laboratory a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces Army High Performance Computing Research Centera United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications; a partnership of government and university and industry Naval Research Laboratorythe United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratorya defense laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Command; the United States Army's primary forensic laboratory in support of criminal intelligence Manhattan Projecta former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II Lewis and Clark Expeditionan expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States; led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark; traveled from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River from 1803 to 1806 Tamil Eelamthe independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for Carthagean ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697 klavern a local unit of the Ku Klux Klan administrative body, administrative unita unit with administrative responsibilities companya unit of firefighters including their equipment family, home, house, household, menagea social unit living together general delivery, poste restantethe part of a post office that handles mail for persons who call for it instrumentalitya subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose ICU, intensive care unita hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care memberan organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations) force, military force, military group, military unita unit that is part of some military service task forcea semipermanent unit created to carry out a continuing task squad, teama cooperative unit (especially in sports) dena unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts crew, gang, work partyan organized group of workmen combinationa group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose crewthe men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.) scout group, scout troop, troopa unit of Girl or Boy Scouts outfitany cohesive unit such as a military company Trojan horse, fifth columna subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst political entity, political unita unit with political responsibilities sideone of two or more contesting groups working group, working partya group of people working together temporarily until some goal is achieved broken homea family in which the parents have separated or divorced conjugal family, nuclear familya family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner extended familya family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives foster familythe family of a fosterling foster homea household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency) trip wirea small military force that serves as a first line of defense; if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces A-teama group of elite soldiers or a leadership group of advisors or workers in an organization batterya unit composed of the pitcher and catcher coronary care unita hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems menage a troishousehold for three; an arrangement where a married couple and a lover of one of them live together while sharing sexual relations flying squada mobile group of trained people (police or executives or officials) able to move quickly in the case of emergencies major-league club, major-league teama team that plays in a major league minor-league club, minor-league teama team that plays in a minor league baseball teama team that plays baseball basketball team, fivea team that plays basketball eleven, football teama team that plays football hockey teama team that plays ice hockey JV, junior varsitya college or university team that competes at a level below the varsity team first team, varsitya team representing a college or university second stringa squad of players that are available either individually or as a team to relieve or replace the players who started the game police squad, squada small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime powerhousea team considered to be the best of its class offence, offensethe team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score defence, defending team, defense(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring IR, Inland Revenuea board of the British government that administers and collects major direct taxes NICU, neonatal intensive care unitan intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn Ordnance Surveythe official cartography agency of the British government body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, statea politically organized body of people under a single government Holy Roman Empirea political entity in Europe that began with the papal coronation of Otto I as the first emperor in 962 and lasted until 1806 when it was dissolved by Napoleon commanda military unit or region under the control of a single officer enemyan opposing military force task forcea temporary military unit formed to accomplish a particular objective army unita military unit that is part of an army naval unita military unit that is part of a navy air unita military unit that is part of the airforce armor, armoura military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles mujahadeen, mujahadein, mujahadin, mujahedeen, mujahedin, mujahideen, mujahidina military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad hit squada team of assassins sectiona small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon guarda military unit serving to protect some place or person shifta crew of workers who work for a specific period of time divisionan administrative unit in government or business little-league teama team that plays in a little league detaila crew of workers selected for a particular task chain ganga gang of convicts chained together ground crew, ground-service crewthe crew of technicians and mechanics who service aircraft on the ground road ganga gang of road workers section ganga work crew assigned to a section of a railroad stage crewcrew of workers who move scenery or handle properties in a theatrical production legiona large military unit echelona body of troops arranged in a line phalanxa body of troops in close array air crew, aircrewthe crew of an aircraft merchant marinethe crew of a merchant vessel crewthe team of men manning a racing shell UN agency, United Nations agencyan agency of the United Nations uniona political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations councila body serving in an administrative capacity Palestine Authority, Palestine National Authority, Palestinian National Authoritycombines the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under a political unit with limited autonomy and a police force; created in 1993 by an agreement between Israel and the PLO secretariat, secretariatean administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations commission, committeea special group delegated to consider some matter agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, officean administrative unit of government intelligence, intelligence agency, intelligence servicea unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy international law enforcement agencyan international administrative unit responsible for law enforcement Republican Guardformerly Iraq's elite military unit whose primary role was to protect the government in Baghdad Haganahthe clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948; became the basis for the Israeli defense force IDF, Israeli Defense Forcethe ground and air and naval forces of Israel redevelopment authoritya public administrative unit given responsibility for the renovation of blighted urban areas regulatory agency, regulatory authoritya governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest weather bureauan administrative unit responsible for gathering and interpreting meteorological data for weather study and forecasts placement center, placement officean office that finds suitable employment for applicants cadre, cella small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement amphictyonyan association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center lunatic fringea political unit with extreme and fanatical views revolutionary groupa political unit organized to promote revolution lobby, pressure group, third housea group of people who try actively to influence legislation militia, reservescivilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army commandoan amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory contingent, detaila temporary military unit headquarters(plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff expeditionan organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose spearheadthe leading military unit in an attack child welfare agency, child welfare servicean administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children Russian agencyan administrative agency of the Russian government organisation, organization a group of people who work together |
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