cohorts是什么意思？

cohorts

英['kəʊhɔ:ts] 美['koʊhɔts]

• n. 军团，（古罗马军队的）步兵大队( cohort的名词复数 )，一群人，同伙，支持者；

例句

• Across birth cohorts, the rate of eczema and rhinitis remained stable. 横向比较同界出生人口, 湿疹和鼻炎的发病率保持稳定.
• Lung cancer rates increase steadily from the youngest to the oldest ages in all birth cohorts. 从年纪最小到年纪最老,在所有的血统组中,肺癌率都是稳定地增加.
• Drake and his cohorts were not pleased with my appointment. 德雷克那一帮人对我的任命很不满。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  朋友；支持者；助手
  A person's cohorts are their friends, supporters, or associates.
  例句
  Drake and his cohorts were not pleased with my appointment. 德雷克那一帮人对我的任命很不满。
• N-COUNT
  (尤指为了进行统计而被看作一个整体的)一群人
  A cohort of people is a group who have something in common. Cohort is used especially when a group is being looked at as a whole for statistical purposes.
  例句
  Tests were carried out by teachers on the entire cohort of eight to nine year-olds in their third year at primary school... 测试是由老师在小学三年级所有八岁到九岁的学生中进行的。 She speaks for a whole cohort of young Japanese writers. 她是所有日本年轻作家的代言人。