gentes meaning in English
gens 的复数。
Examples
- The humbler gentes had their common rites .
卑微的氏族有其共同仪典。 - The children, following the gentes of their respective mothers, would be divided between them .
子女们各随其母亲而分属于这两个氏族。 - In this manner the rights and interests of the several gentes were consulted and preserved .
各个氏族的权利和利益通过这种方式来协商而得以维持。 - When the idea of a gens was developed, it would naturally have taken the form of gentes in pairs .
当氏族观念日益发展时，很自然地就会出现成双配对的的氏族。 - With respect to the number of gentes in a tribe, the more numerous the people the greater, usually, the number of gentes .
至于每个部落中的氏族数目，通常也是人口数愈大则氏族愈多。