society
/səˈsaɪətɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1
- mass noun the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community社会：
drugs, crime, and other dangers to society.
毒品、犯罪和其他对社会的威胁。
1.1
- the community of people living in a particular country or region and having shared customs, laws, and organizations社群, 团体：
the ethnic diversity of British society
英国社会中的种族多样性
count noun modern industrial societies.现代工业社会。
1.2
- with adj. a specified section of such a community阶层, 界：
no one in polite society uttered the word.
有教养的阶层中没有人说这个词。
1.3
- （亦作high society）the aggregate of people who are fashionable, wealthy, and influential, regarded as forming a distinct group in a community上层社会：
as modifier a society wedding.一场上流社会的婚礼。
1.4
- count noun a plant or animal community植物的群落; 动物的群体。
2
- an organization or club formed for a particular purpose or activity社团; 协会; 会社：
in names the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.皇家保护鸟类协会。
3
- mass noun the situation of being in the company of other people交往：
she shunned the society of others.
她避免和别人交往。
词源
mid 16th cent. （in the sense 'companionship， friendly association with others'）： from French société, from Latin societas, from socius 'companion'.