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fold SHELTERHfEJld, $foJldn [C]a small area of a field surrounded by a fence where sheep can be put for shelter for the night, or (fig.) your home or an organization where you feel you belong羊栏;家;依附的组织The sheepdogs drove the sheep into the fold.那些牧羊犬将羊群赶进了羊栏。(fig.) Her children are all away at college now, but they always return to the fold in the holidays.她的孩子们现在都离家上大学了，但到了假期他们都回到家里来。(fig.) "Welcome to the fold, " said my boss on my first day in my new job.“欢迎加入我们的行列，”在我到新工作单位上班的第一天老板对我这么说。(fig.) The party needs to find a way of getting its former supporters to go back to the fold.该党需要找出个办法，使以前的支持者重新回到他们的阵营来。
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