| 单词 | mafia |
| 释义 | mafiamaf·i·a /ˈmæfiə $ ˈmɑː-, ˈmæ-/ noun 1. the Mafia SCCa large organized group of criminals who control many illegal activities, especially in Italy and the US 黑手党 Examples from the Corpus the Mafia• Young people demonstrate in the streets against the Mafia.• He had not been seduced by the Mafia.• No, Uncle, what I heard was that Daddy did favors for the Mafia characters he grew up with.• Before it kills, the Mafia first isolates and denigrates its victims.• You make us sound like the Mafia or something.• Bronson will return to the role of Paul Kersey to take on the Mafia in the latest sequel to the vigilante saga.• If the general public knows anything about the construction industry, it knows that the Mafia have a role to play. 2 GROUP OF PEOPLE[singular] a powerful group of people within an organization or profession who support and protect each other 〔某组织或行业内部相互支持并相互保护的〕势力集团 the medical mafia 医学界的势力集团 Examples from the Corpus mafia• These days they were more likely to be arm-breakers from the Bombay mafia.• But the drug mafia also has infiltrated other law-enforcement agencies, the army captain alleged.• the legal mafia• Or will the 40-year economic blockade be maintained simply to satisfy the second-generation Miami mafia?• Confronted with Dolle I felt myself becoming a punk mafia dude.• Collusion between the mafia, police and political parties was routine for decades.• He opened a haulage firm, sold jewellery and developed property interests in Miami, allegedly working with the mafia. (1800-1900) Italian Italian dialect, “great confidence, proud talk” |
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