| [/səˈsaɪətɪ; səˋsaɪətɪ/] n 用法:
1 [U] system whereby people live together in organized communities; social way of living 社会; 社会体制; 群居:
a danger to society, ie a person, an idea, etc that endangers the welfare of members of a community 社会的祸害 *
Society has a right to see law-breakers punished. 社会有权要违法者受到惩罚. 用法:
2 [C, U] particular grouping of humanity with shared customs, laws, etc （具有共同的习俗、 法律等的人群组成的）社会, 团体:
modern industrial societies 现代工业社会 *
working class society 工人阶级的社会团体 *
Islamic society 伊斯兰教团体. 用法:
3 [U] (fml 文) company; companionship 相伴; 陪同; 交往:
spend an evening in the society of one's friends 跟朋友聚会过一个晚上 *
avoid the society of other people 避免与他人交往. 用法:
4 [U] class of people who are fashionable, wealthy, influential or of high rank in a place; the upper class 名人圈子; 上层社会:
high society, ie rich and important people 富贵阶层 *
leaders of society 上流社会的顶尖人物 *
[attrib 作定语] a society wedding 名人嘉礼 *
society news, ie as printed in some newspaper, etc 名流新闻. 用法:
5 [C] organization of people formed for a particular purpose; club; association （为某种目的组成的）会, 社, 团体, 协会:
the school debating society 学校辩论协会 *
a co-operative society 合作社 *
a drama society 戏剧社. 用法:
6 (idm 习语) the alternative society => alternative. a mutual admiration society => mutual. |