| 单词 | society |
| 释义 | society (səsaɪɪti ) Word forms: societies 1. uncountable noun B1 Society is people in general, thought of as a large organized group. This reflects attitudes and values prevailing in society. He maintains the organization must adapt to modern society. Synonyms: the community, social order, people, the public 2. variable noun B1 A society is the people who live in a country or region, their organizations, and their way of life. We live in a capitalist society. ...the impact of advertising on the moral fabric of our society. ...the complexities of South African society. Synonyms: culture, community, population 3. countable noun B2 A society is an organization for people who have the same interest or aim. ...the North of England Horticultural Society. ...the historical society. Synonyms: organization, group, club, union 4. uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun] Society is the rich, fashionable people in a particular place who meet on social occasions. The couple quickly became a fixture of society pages. ...the high season for society weddings. 5. See also building society Quotations: Human life in common is only made possible when a majority comes together which is stronger than any separate individual and which remains united against all separate individualsCivilization and its Discontents Man did not enter into society to become worse than he was before, nor to have fewer rights than he had before, but to have those rights better securedThe Rights of Man There is no such thing as society He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a godPolitics Collocations: fair society A strong and fair society is a worthy goal, but it is a political one. Times, Sunday Times (2013) We need concerted government action to tear down these barriers and help to build a fairer society. Times, Sunday Times (2010) My generation once dreamt of establishing a fair society. Times, Sunday Times (2007) We're all free people, we live in a free society and we're allowed to disagree. The Sun (2014) In a free society we sometimes have to accept other people's choices will be different from our own. Times, Sunday Times (2014) We all live in a free society where we enjoy freedom of speech and equality. The Sun (2011) How can we encourage people to get along with each other a little better in our diverse, multicultural society? The Sun (2012) We now live in a mixed, divided and multicultural society. Times, Sunday Times (2011) These fans come from all parts of our multicultural society. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The game has become a ruthless reflection of society. Times, Sunday Times I think it's more a reflection of society than myself. The Sun Others were certain they could and that they were a fair reflection of society and football. The Times Literary Supplement A reflection of society, that's all we need to see. The Sun People want to see the workplace as a reflection of society. Times, Sunday Times They are in a unique position to provide public goods that society values - things such as good landscape and biodi-versity. Times, Sunday Times It's a sad reflection on what society values. The Sun Their society values honor, duty, hunting skills, and strength. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Boring elections mean a stable society: and that's no bad thing. Times, Sunday Times Our vision of family life and, extending from it, a stable society still works on the assumption of 'someone' holding it all together. Times, Sunday Times Life needn't be brutish and short if you create a stable society. Times, Sunday Times Yet beneath the surface normality, the foundations of a stable society crumbled. Times, Sunday Times Soundly built families make a strong and stable society. Christianity Today We are seeing a fundamental shift in the demographic structure of society. Times, Sunday Times He can't do much about the structure of society, or the fact that property prices are a big part of what keeps homeowning couples sweating on the hamster wheel. Times,Sunday Times In this manner they can take the high road and thus benefit the wider structure of society. Times, Sunday Times Food historians look at food as one of the most important elements of cultures, reflecting the social and economic structure of society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It testifies to a qualitative jump of the accumulated quantities which, at a certain moment, reach a libertarian structure of society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But what I do know is that in a modern, tolerant society like ours I will defend to the end his and anyone else's right to have their opinion and say what they feel. The Sun (2009) Freedom of speech is both an essential ingredient for, and a symptom of, a successful, open and tolerant society. Times, Sunday Times (2014) An open and tolerant society is one in which ideas can be challenged. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Or will this deeply traditional society simply revert to the past? Times, Sunday Times These shimmering lovelies speak of a fundamental - and characteristically modernist - clash between an impassioned individual and the traditional society in which he grows up. Times, Sunday Times Now there are plenty of signs of the western world, almost as if the 21st century has been grafted onto a very traditional society. Times, Sunday Times He loved being in a traditional society. Times, Sunday Times Just about every traditional society shuns or stigmatizes them in some way; just about every modern society tolerates, then accepts them. Globe and Mail Events in the world outside were about to transform this society utterly. The Times Literary Supplement Often, the introduction of a new product transformed a society. Times, Sunday Times It's my way of contributing and transforming my society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By some standards, tribal society would seem to hold back the highlands from modern economic prosperity; but from another perspective, it’s the thing that holds the place together. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The crown prince's approach, he said, was 'top down', in the tradition of the tribal society that he leads. Times, Sunday Times The tribal society in a pre-varna era followed a system of clan kinship as tribal social structures are based on totemic clans. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a result, the previous tribal society drastically changed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The social structure changed from being an acephalous or tribal society into a more chiefdom-oriented society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Then the great and the good of western society committed a mass free-speech fraud. Times, Sunday Times He argues that as long as western society had new worlds to conquer, its culture could thrive. Times,Sunday Times Western society today values economic prosperity and the quest for eternal youth, rather than our intrinsic goodness or happiness. Times, Sunday Times While work-related problems are the number one stressor in western society, it's those lower down in organisations who are most likely to develop heart disease. Times, Sunday Times In a modern western society the promise should be that successive generations should have more wealth and opportunities than the generations before them. Times, Sunday Times It encompasses the whole of society. Taking Child Abuse Seriously: Contemporary issues in child protection theory and practice (1990) It would focus minds of bank bosses and reflect the cost of collapse borne by the whole of society. Times, Sunday Times (2012) This brings us to one of the harsh realities of Elizabethan life: the whole of society is intensely hierarchical. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Sit in judgment on whole of society Now those judicial chickens are coming home to roost. The Sun (2016) Translations: Chinese: 社会 Japanese: 社会 |
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