brethren
/ˈbreðrən/plural noun
1- fellow Christians or members of a male religious order（基督教）教友们; （宗教团体的）男教友们。参见BROTHER （义项 2）.
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- used for humorous or rhetorical effect to refer to people belonging to a particular group［用于表示幽默或某种修辞效果］同道, 同业, 同一社团的成员：
our brethren in the popular national press.
我们全国大众新闻业的同行们。