clannish
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈklæn.ɪʃ]
- 美式音标 [ˈklæn.ɪʃ]
- 国际音标 ['klæniʃ]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.(一伙人)自成一帮的,排外的
词根记忆
- clan(宗派,家族) + nish→门户之见的
英汉例句
- Such strong relationships are echoed in Japan’s tightly knit firms, some of which are clannish to their roots.
在以团结著称的日本企业里,这种紧密关系时常得到体现,有些企业甚至会成为同根生的大家族。 - Perhaps that's why I've never liked her . . . and I know Gilbert doesn't either, though he's too clannish to admit it.
而且我知道吉尔伯特也不喜欢她,虽然他顾及家族情面没有承认。 - The cosmopolitan, progressive Palestinians from northern Israel who hold Israeli citizenship look down on the conservative, clannish Jerusalemites.
还有那些取得了以色列公民权,居住在以色列北部的巴勒斯坦进步人士,他们信奉世界主义,瞧不起保守而排他的耶路撒冷巴勒斯坦人。 - Its rivals are all merging, and Japan's clannish, inward-looking corporate culture makes that very hazardous.
ECONOMIST: Japanese banking - Some point to Islam as a factor, others to the clannish and paternalistic nature of Arab societies.
ECONOMIST: Arab democracy - Outsiders who unsettle the obstetric cartel meet clannish (and even self-interested) opposition.
ECONOMIST: The pioneer of home births in Hungary faces jail
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- clannish ownership 私有制
- clannish h 氏族的;排他的
- clannish provincialism 宗族乡土意识
- clannish community 家族共同体
- a clannish family 排外的家庭
短语
英英字典
- used to describe members of a group of people or society who are friendly to each other, but not to people outside the group
- If you describe a group of people as clannish, you mean that they often spend time together and may seem unfriendly to other people who are not in the group.