brethren是什么意思？

brethren

英[ˈbreðrən] 美[ˈbrɛðrən]

• n. <旧>兄弟们，同胞，〈旧〉同党，会友；

复数：brothers; brethren;

例句

• Let us suppose that you or i, brethren, shall become a free and disembody spirit. 诸兄弟, 让我们假设你或我将变成脱离了躯壳的自由精灵.
• Those of our brethren were now at rest. 我们那些弟兄们现在已经死去了.
• Let us pray, brethren. 请众同祷。
• We must help our brethren, it is our duty. 我们必须帮助我们的教友，这是我们的责任。
• So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. 31弟兄们,这样看来, 我们不是使女的儿女, 乃是自主妇人的儿女了.
• So then, brethren, we are not children of a bondwoman , but of the free woman. 加4:31弟兄们、这样看来 、 我们不是使女的儿女 、 乃是自主妇人的儿女了.
• Sri Lankans share a common ancestry with their Indian brethren. 斯里兰卡人和他们的印度兄弟有共同的祖先。
• We must help our brethren, it is our duty... 我们必须帮助我们的教友，这是我们的责任。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-PLURAL
  （某组织或团体的）成员，会员；（尤指宗教团体的）教友
  You can refer to the members of a particular organization or group, especially a religious group, as brethren.
  例句
  We must help our brethren, it is our duty... 我们必须帮助我们的教友，这是我们的责任。 Sri Lankans share a common ancestry with their Indian brethren. 斯里兰卡人和他们的印度兄弟有共同的祖先。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. (plural) the lay members of a male religious order