brotherhood

英 ['br?e?h?d] 美['br?e?h?d]

TEM4低頻詞暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?brotherhoods;

brotherhood (n.): equivalent of Old English broterrede "fellowship, brotherhood," with ending as in kindred; in early Middle English the word was brotherhede with ending as in maidenhead. The modern word, with -hood, is from 15c. Originally "relationship of a brother," also "friendly companionship." Concrete sense of "an association, a fraternity" is from mid-14c. in the Middle English word (later also "labor union," 1880s). Old English also had broeorscipe "brothership," broeorsibb "kinship of brothers."
Oh, the Protestants hate the Catholics,
And the Catholics hate the Protestants,
And the Hindus hate the Muslims,
And everybody hates the Jews.

[Tom Lehrer, "National Brotherhood Week" lyrics, 1965]

1. He believed in socialism and the brotherhood of man.: 他信仰社會(huì)主義，相信人與人之間有手足般的情誼。

3. They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.: 他們完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作.