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fraternal

/fruh-tur-nl/US // frəˈtɜr nl //UK // (frəˈtɜːnəl) //

兄弟会,兄弟般的,博爱,博爱的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
    • : of or being a society of men associated in brotherly union, as for mutual aid or benefit: a fraternal order; a fraternal association.

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Examples

  • Boys’ lodges and fraternal bodies such as the Boy Scouts began to crop up, aimed at preventing “feminization” of young boys.

  • They have structures of fraternal bonding, they have the organizational social elements that are very similar to the armed forces—and they’re built that way deliberately.

  • Banquet halls, concert venues and social and fraternal clubs will remain limited to 50 percent maximum capacity.

  • The Craft, as members call it, was based on a fraternal bond created by ritual and symbol.

  • In hindsight, however, he feels that the suspension has “had a positive impact on the fraternal community.”

  • How many people get called by the Fraternal Order of the Police and say no?

  • The nonvoters include 16 experts, eight fraternal delegates and 38 auditors of whom 12 are married couples.

  • This was more than just the fraternal bond between firefighters and police officers; this was family.

  • He was also the local president of the Union League, a fraternal organization closely aligned with the Republican Party.

  • Suddenly both cheeks were painted black by a too fraternal hand, and then a man tried to kiss her.

  • His words had been more fraternal than lover-like; but she had lost their exact sense in the caressing warmth of his voice.

  • Dear Mother, by thy heart pierced through, obtain for me the virtue of fraternal charity and the gift of understanding.

  • His manner of greeting the family and friends was so expressive of fraternal sympathy that one felt it a privilege to witness it.

  • This model of fraternal affection rode off with the mule lest it should get stolen, and left his brother in the snow till morning!

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