clannish
英 [ˈklæn.ɪʃ]
美 [ˈklæn.ɪʃ]
记忆“clannish”的方法是将它分解为“clan”(部落、宗族)加上“ish”后缀,意味着具有“部落”或“宗族”特点的。可以想象一个个体因为属于紧密的宗族而表现出很强烈的群体意识和排外性,就像一个“clan”成员那样。这样,“clannish”就代表了一种封闭、保守的性格特点。
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- clannish (adj.)
- "disposed to adhere closely to one another," 1747, from clan + -ish. Related: Clannishly; clannishness.
- 1. They were a clannish lot, not given to welcoming strangers.
- 他们那帮人抱成一团,不怎么欢迎生人。
- 2. Even by clannish Japan's standards, the island seems a friendly, close - knit place.
- 即便存在日本的排他标准, 他岛看上去是个友善, 待人亲密的地方.
- 3. But the main clefts are chronological and clannish rather than ideological.
- 有些人对卡梅隆先生可爱的面貌重塑的嘲笑不已.
- 4. And let's look at clannish practices.
- 等等.