网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 matriarchy
释义
matriarchy
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈmeɪ.tri.ɑː.ki/us
/ˈmeɪ.tri.ɑːr.ki/
atypeofsocietyin which women have most of theauthorityandpower, or asocietyin whichpropertybelongsto women and is given tochildrenby womenratherthan men
由女性统治的社会，母权制社会，母系社会
Compare
patriarchy
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Systems of government
  • a reign of terroridiom
  • absolutism
  • ancien régime
  • anti-apartheid
  • anti-communism
  • anti-federalist
  • democratically
  • democratization
  • democratize
  • despotic
  • despotically
  • majority rule
  • martial law
  • matriarchal
  • meritocracy
  • meritocratic
  • pre-fascist
  • regime
  • reign
  • republican
See more results »
(Definition ofmatriarchyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

matriarchy| American Dictionary

matriarchy
noun[C]
us
/ˈmeɪ·triˌɑr·ki/
social studies
asocietyin which women have most of theauthorityandpower, or asocietyin whichpropertybelongsto womenratherthan men
(Definition ofmatriarchyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmatriarchy

matriarchy
In the nineteenth century, anthropologists were fascinated by matrilineal descent, which they confounded withmatriarchyas a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Patriarchy gave way to the disorder ofmatriarchy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They came close to uncoveringmatriarchy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
One finds in many primitive countries that amatriarchygives one a much more stable community.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The notion ofmatriarchywas meant to describe something like a utopia placed in the past in order to legitimate contemporary social criticism.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
While "matriarchy" sometimes means the political rule of women, that meaning is often rejected, on the ground that matriarchy is not a mirroring of patriarchy.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
However, unlike amatriarchy, the political power tends to be in the hands of males.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Matriarchyis rare in the animal kingdom as a whole but common among lemurs.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
She has also defined "matriarchy" as characterized by the sharing of power equally between the two genders.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Some advocates complained that the rule had the effect of breaking up marriages and promotingmatriarchy(see also single-parent family).
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Segments of society were characterized bymatriarchyand matrilineal succession -- which survived well into the 19th century -- cross-cousin marriage, and strong regional identity.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
There is some debate concerning the terminological delineation between "matrifocality" and "matriarchy".
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Yet, it is expressed throughout the film by the women that they do not consider their society to be amatriarchy.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The first planet he visits has been completely destroyed, the second is a gerontocratic travesty of a democracy, and the third is a repressivematriarchy.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Thus was evidence of the originalmatriarchywritten out of history almost before it was written in.
From
Wikipedia
Creatives commons iconThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/matriarchy##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/28 0:38:27