tribe
/traɪb/noun
1
- a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader部落; 宗族：
indigenous Indian tribes.
本土印第安人部落。
1.1
- (in ancient Rome) each of several political divisions, originally three, later thirty, ultimately thirty-five（古罗马）行政部门（最初为3个, 后为30个, 最终为35个）。
1.2
- derogatory a distinctive close-knit social or political group〈贬〉组织严密的社会（或政治）群体：
she made a stand against the social codes of her English middle-class tribe.
她反对她的英国中产阶级社会准则。
1.3
- derogatory a group or class of people or things〈贬〉一群人; 一类东西：
an outburst against the whole tribe of theoreticians.
对所有理论家的反感。
1.4
tribes
informal large numbers of people〈非正式〉许多人：tribes of children playing under the watchful eyes of nurses.
一大群在保育员看护下玩耍的孩子。
2
- Biology a taxonomic category that ranks above genus and below family or subfamily, usually ending in -ini (in zoology) or -eae (in botany)【生】族（分类学类目, 位列属之上, 科或亚科之下, 动物学中常以-ini结尾, 植物学中常以-eae结尾）。
USAGE
In historical contexts the word tribe is broadly accepted （the area was inhabited by Slavic tribes）, but in contemporary contexts it is problematic when used to refer to a community living within a traditional society. It is strongly associated with past attitudes of white colonialists towards so-called primitive or uncivilized peoples living in remote undeveloped places. For this reason it is generally preferable to use alternative terms such as community or people.
词源
Middle English: from Old French tribu or Latin tribus (singular and plural); perhaps related to tri- 'three' and referring to the three divisions of the early people of Rome.