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单词 tribe
释义
tribe
noun[C,+ sing/pl verb]
uk
/traɪb/us
/traɪb/
B2
agroupofpeople, often ofrelatedfamilies, wholivetogether,sharingthe samelanguage,culture, andhistory,especiallythose who do notliveintownsorcities:
部落；部族
a tribe ofAmazonianIndians亚马孙河流域印第安人的一个部落
the Masai tribe马萨伊人部落
informal
alargefamilyor othergroupthat someonebelongsto:
家族；集团
WeinvitedCarol'ssistersandbrothersandtheirfamilies- thewholeCassidy tribe.我们邀请了卡罗尔的兄弟姐妹及其配偶、子女——整个卡西迪家族。
More examples
  • Thewholetribeseemto havedisappearedoff thefaceof theearth.
  • Thecommunallandiscultivatedby thewomenfolkin the tribe.
  • Theymeta tribe of Somaliandesertnomads.
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(Definition oftribefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tribe| American Dictionary

tribe
noun[C]
us
/trɑɪb/
agroupofpeople, often ofrelatedfamilies, wholivein the sameareaandsharethe samelanguage,culture, andhistory:
She hasstudiedNativeAmerican tribes from Mexico to Maine.
(Definition oftribefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftribe

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There are no absolute groups of people, defined and delineated once and for all, and to be labelled tribes.
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However, this study also shows that tribes were not kept intact but underwent a dramatic change in their function and nature.
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Readers will appreciate the thumbnail accounts of tribes and towns and the maps of mountain ranges, plateaus, wadis, and sub-regions with their primary settlements.
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The analysis contained 26 species from ten genera in six tribes.
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Generally, in this area there was great discontent on the part of the subject tribes who mostly resisted paying tax.
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Officials applied heavily the ' martial race ' doctrine to prewar recruitment, and accorded ' martial ' tribes respect beyond that extended to non-martial peoples.
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There were also major inter-tribal conflicts, as some group - makhzan tribes - allied with the government to contain subject or rayat tribes.
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In this they failed, owing to the fact that there were no discrete tribes.
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Unable to earn a living by cultivation or soldiering, these tribes 'reverted' to a life of vagrancy and crime.
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Recognising the tribes' intrinsic love of music, missionaries taught them to sing hymns and to understand religious doctrine through the texts of hymns.
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Second, it tries to show the complex relationship between individual identification and collective identification, especially the formation of criminal tribes.
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Raids by the indigenous tribes, however, were quite rare ; the numerous creeks and marshes which surrounded the estancia formed a natural line of defence.
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There are examples of large gene frequency differences both between and within tribes that are not always easy to explain in terms of historical ethnography.
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Despite all these influences the tribes retained much of their own culture and social practice.
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A brief description of each of the six tribes follows.
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Collocationswithtribe

tribe

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aboriginal tribe
Is it too late to take active steps to preserve the aboriginal tribes, who have been there a long time?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
barbarian tribe
They decided that of all the barbarian tribes they encountered, they were the most barbarous—a lesson which some people might learn to-day and adopt in this country.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
hill tribe
The persecution of an indigenoushilltribeis happening in a country that we support.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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