fraternity

名词 fraternity:

1. a social club for male undergraduates
   同义词：frat
2. people engaged in a particular occupation
   同义词：brotherhood, sodality

1. An association of men, such as a fraternity or union, united for common purposes.
   全体会员为共同目标组成的，如兄弟会或工会等的会员
2. A person who has been accepted for membership in a fraternity or similar organization and has promised to join but has not yet been initiated.
   立誓入会的人已经被兄弟会或类似的组织接受为会员而且立誓加入，但仍尚未入会的人
3. He is a member of the medical fraternity.
   他在医务界工作。

fra.ter.ni.ty

n.（名词）
【复数】 fra.ter.ni.ties
A body of people associated for a common purpose or interest, such as a guild.
兄弟会：为共同的目的或利益而联合的人们的团体
A group of people joined by similar backgrounds, occupations, interests, or tastes:
一群同职业（同兴趣等）的人：由相似的背景、职业、兴趣或嗜好而联系在一起的一组人：
例句：
the fraternity of bird watchers.
爱鸟协会的成员

A chiefly social organization of men students at a college or university, usually designated by Greek letters.
大学生联谊会：学院或大学里男生的主要社会组织，通常以希腊字母命名
The quality or condition of being brothers; brotherliness.
友爱：成为兄弟的特征或条件；兄弟情谊

来源：
Middle English fraternite
中古英语 fraternite
from Old French fraternite
源自 古法语 fraternite
from Latin fr3ternit3s
源自 拉丁语 fr3ternit3s
from fr3ternus [fraternal] * see fraternal
源自 fr3ternus [兄弟般的] *参见 fraternal