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sisterhood

/sis-ter-hood/US // ˈsɪs tərˌhʊd //UK // (ˈsɪstəˌhʊd) //

姐妹情谊,姐妹关系,姐妹之情,姐妹情

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state of being a sister.
    • : a group of sisters, especially of nuns or of female members of a church.
    • : an organization of women with a common interest, as for social, charitable, business, or political purposes.
    • : congenial relationship or companionship among women; mutual female esteem, concern, support, etc.
    • : Usually the sisterhood. the community or network of women who participate in or support feminism.

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Examples

  • This is really a novel of sisterhood, of women finding clever routes to claiming their power, given all the roadblocks men have historically thrown up before them.

  • The friendship between Janis and Ana is at times frayed but ultimately forges itself into something stronger than sisterhood, and Smit and Cruz carry us deftly through its evolution.

  • While they wait for justice, the support of the sisterhood has fortified some of the first accusers.

  • They are now in essence a sisterhood joined together by a vile incident.

  • And the negative reaction to it was surprising because it really seemed to prove your point about the lack of “sisterhood.”

  • The Deadly Sisterhood By Leonie Frieda A historical examination of the unique power held by eight women of 15th-century Italy.

  • Is there some secret sisterhood of Royal dress sharing we mere mortals are kept in the dark about?

  • Over dinner in Beverly Hills recently, the sisterhood was palpable.

  • Frulein Timm belongs to the single sisterhood, but is one of the fresh and placid kind, and as neat as wax.

  • A spirit of sisterhood among women would have sadly upset the social scheme, as it has been hitherto conceived.

  • I look with veneration upon those of our sisterhood who have grown old in the classroom.

  • Savannah suffered least of the fair Atlantic sisterhood, from the blockade.

  • The sisterhood, the maidens, flocking round the young waterman, and urging him along the stream of duty and of temperance.