brotherhoods

英 [ˈbrʌðəhʊdz]

美 [ˈbrʌðərˌhʊdz]

n.  友谊与谅解; 手足情谊; 宗教(或政治等)组织; 兄弟关系
brotherhood的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 兄弟情谊；手足之情
  Brotherhoodis the affection and loyalty that you feel for people who you have something in common with.
  1. People threw flowers into the river between the two countries as a symbolic act of brotherhood...
     人们把鲜花投进两国的界河里，以象征两国人民的兄弟情谊常在。
  2. He believed in socialism and the brotherhood of man.
     他信仰社会主义，相信人与人之间有手足般的情谊。
• N-COUNT 兄弟会，同志会，同业工会（成员具有共同的政见、信仰或相同的职业）
  Abrotherhoodis an organization whose members all have the same political aims and beliefs or the same job or profession.
  1. ...the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
     机车工程师同业行会
  2. ...a secret international brotherhood.
     秘密的国际兄弟会

双语例句

• Just like forts, holdings are organized into brotherhoods.
  就像炮台，整理成兄弟控股。
• That secret societies or "brotherhoods" of exceptional," enlightened "human beings would have preserved these inventions and the knowledge of science, history, etc., does not seem surprising.
  那个秘密会社或异常的“手足情谊”，“被启迪的”人类会保护这些发明和科学知识，历史记录等，似乎不令人惊讶。