clans [k'lænz]

例句:

• Dundee...had summoned all the clans which acknowledged his commission.
  来自Ld Macaulay
• There are many clans in European countries.
  欧洲国家有很多党派。
  
• The women were the great power among the clans [ gentes ] , as everywhere else.
  妇女在克兰〈氏族〉里, 乃至一般在任何地方,都有很大的势力.
  
• The drums sounded the advance, the redcoats moved forward, the clans were beaten back.
  战鼓发出前进的命令, 身穿红外套的英国士兵向前推进, 高地人被击败后退.
  
• The author thinks that strong clans make states weak.
  来自WSJ
• The Reivers were clans who lived in the border territories.
  来自BBC