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brotherhood

/bruhth-er-hood/US // ˈbrʌð ərˌhʊd //UK // (ˈbrʌðəˌhʊd) //

兄弟关系,兄弟情谊,兄弟情,兄弟会

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the condition or quality of being a brother or brothers.
    • : the quality of being brotherly; fellowship.
    • : a fraternal or trade organization.
    • : all those engaged in a particular trade or profession or sharing a common interest or quality.
    • : the belief that all people should act with warmth and equality toward one another, regardless of differences in nationality, creed, ethnicity, etc.

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Examples

  • I achieved that unusual spirit of brotherhood with one Hindu man in particular.

  • Although we have been friends for a short time, a single meeting was enough to solidify this brotherhood for which I will be eternally grateful.

  • As for the organization of these brotherhoods, the Templars and Hospitallers basically mirrored the institutions of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, with its command structure dominated by titles like senechal and marechal.

  • The Perfect Storm writer talks combat brotherhood and the threat posed by growing wealth inequality.

  • First the Muslim Brotherhood came to power only to be ousted by the Egyptian military.

  • The bonds of Phi Kappa Psi brotherhood were too strong to break.

  • The Egyptian government claims the group has links with the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

  • In the wake of the coup, Muslim Brotherhood leaders were targeted for arrest.

  • It remained for Man to take the grand step of embracing all humanity as one brotherhood and one nation.

  • M. de Boisfrelon had been one of the "Brotherhood of Consolation."

  • She complained that a canting waterman who was one of the brotherhood had held forth against her at a meeting.

  • Iftikhar leaned, as he rode, and half whispered to Richard, "Do you know the brotherhood of the Ismaelians?"

  • Caste destroyed all ideas of human brotherhood; it robbed the soul of its affections and its aspirations.