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| 1 | U people in general living together in organized communities, with laws and traditions controlling the way they behave towards one another 社会 |
| Society has to be prepared to support its elderly people. 社会得做好供养老人的准备。 |
| The scheme aims to encourage the reintegration of prisoners into society. 这个计划旨在鼓励犯人重新融入社会。 |
| | 1a | C the people who live in a particular country or area , or who belong to a particular time 社会，群体（指生活于某个国家、地区或属于某个时代的人） | | The protesters were drawn from a broad cross-section of society. 抗议者包括社会上形形色色之人。 | | Good writing still has a place in contemporary society. 好的作品在当代社会仍占有一席之地。 | | The novels reflect the values of Victorian society. 这些小说反映了维多利亚时代的社会价值观。 | |
| | 1b | C/U a particular type or section of society （某类）社会；社会的一部分 | | The question is whether we have sufficient resources to sustain an industrial society. 问题是我们是否有足够的资源维持一个工业社会。 | | Never forget that we live in a multicultural society. 永远不要忘记我们生活在一个多元文化的社会中。 | | affluent society (=a society in which many people are rich) In today’ s affluent society people are becoming increasingly discontented. 富裕社会 | | polite society (=people who behave and speak politely) The picture outraged polite society. 文雅社会，礼貌社会（指谈吐举止文雅的群体） | |
| | 1c | U the group of people in a country who are rich and fashionable or from a high social class 上流社会；上层社会 | | high society She moved in high society and had many aristocratic friends. 她进入了上流社会，有许多贵族朋友。 | |
| | 1d | relating to the parties, weddings, performances etc that rich and fashionable people go to 社交界的；上流社会的 | | This is going to be the biggest society wedding of the year. 这将成为本年度最盛大的名流婚礼。 | |
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| 2 | C an organization or club for people who have a particular interest or take part in a particular activity 社团；协会 |
| She joined the local history society and made some new friends. 她加入当地的历史协会，结交了一些新朋友。 |
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| 3 | U mainly literary the company or friendship of other people 相伴；交谊；交往 |
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