society

1、society 的 soc- 是"同伴"：和 social（社会的、社交的）同根，字面就是"人结伴聚在一起"的状态——先有"交往"，才有"社会"。companion（同伴）就是这个词根的画面。
2、一层层理解：大到"整个人类社会"（modern society），小到"社团、协会"（a history society），再到"上流社交圈"（high society）。
3、社团辨析一组：institute 是专门学会或研究所，association 强调共同兴趣的正式组织，union 侧重工会、联合会，club 是俱乐部，league 是同盟联盟；society 与 association 可换用，但宗旨更严、联系更紧。

society 社会，群体

soc-,社会的，群体的，-ety,名词后缀。

society (n.)

1530s, "companionship, friendly association with others," from Old French societe "company" (12c., Modern French société), from Latin societatem (nominative societas) "fellowship, association, alliance, union, community," from socius "companion" (see social (adj.)).

Meaning "group, club" is from 1540s, originally of associations of persons for some specific purpose. Meaning "people bound by neighborhood and intercourse aware of living together in an ordered community" is from 1630s. Sense of "the more cultivated part of any community" first recorded 1823, hence "fashionable people and their doings." The Society Islands were named 1769 by Cook on his third Pacific voyage in honor of the Royal Society, which financed his travels across the world to observe the transit of Venus.

1. Drugs are a scourge that is devastating our society.

毒品是破坏我们社会的一大祸害。

2. She had an entree into the city's culti-vated society.

她得以进入该城的上流社会。

3. The functionalist model of industrial society was subjected to conceptual criticism.

工业社会的实用主义模型在概念上遭到了批判。

4. The Ball was attended by the cream of Hollywood society.

好莱坞的大牌影星们出席了那个舞会。

5. We will end up living in a society where life is cheap.

我们最终将生活在一个视人命为儿戏的社会。

【institute, society, association, union, club, league】
这组词都有“社团，会社，协会”的意思，其区别是：
institute: 指为专门的目标而建立的学会或研究所。
society: 可与association换用，但前者的宗旨更严格，会员之间联系更紧密，活动更积极。
association: 指较为正式的组织，强调兴趣和需要的一致性。
union: 多指工会，也指学会或协会。
club: 表俱乐部或会社，其成员因志同道合，有共同兴趣、爱好而组织到一起进行社交、娱乐或体育等活动。
league: 指为了共同的目的和利益而组成的社团、同盟或联合会。