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词汇 society
释义 society
noun
uk /səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/ us /səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/

societynoun (PEOPLE)


B1[ C or U ]
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as a society: 社会
a classless/multicultural/capitalist/civilized society无阶级/多元文化/资本主义/文明的社会
These changes strike at the heart of British/American/modern society.这些变化冲击了英国/美国/现代社会的核心。
There's a danger that we will end up blaming innocent children for society's problems.我们最终有可能会把社会问题怪罪到无辜的孩子们头上。
We must also consider the needs of the younger/older members of society.我们必须考虑到社会上年轻人/老年人的需求。
[ U ](alsohigh society)
the part of society that consists of people who are rich, powerful, and fashionable: 上层社会
a society hostess/ball/function上流社会的女主人/舞会/宴会
[ U ]formal
the state of being together with other people: 交往;相伴
She prefers her own society (= likes to be alone).她喜欢独处。
A fair justice system is a fundamental part of a civilized society.公正的司法制度是文明社会非常重要的一部分。
In most countries, the family unit is still the cornerstone of society.在大多数国家,家庭仍然是社会的基础单位。
We are witnessing the corrosion of moral standards within our society.我们见证了社会道德的沦丧。
The judge described him as a danger to society.法官说他对社会构成了威胁。
We live in a multicultural society.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Society - general words
active citizen
active citizenship
amenity
civilized
consumer society
freeman
human interest
hunter-gatherer
non-segregated
non-segregation
social Darwinism
social engineer
social engineering
sociality
socially
sociolinguistics
sociological
sociologically
sociologist
sociology

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Rich people
Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries

societynoun (ORGANIZATION)


B2[ C ]
an organization to which people who share similar interests can belong: 组织;社团;协会
the school debating society学校辩论协会
the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds皇家鸟类保护协会
a choral society合唱团
an operatic society歌剧社
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Organizations, Societies & clubs
Assn
Assoc.
co-op
collegium
cooperative
establishment
fellowship
host
lodge
membership
organization
secret society
semi-public
shuffle
sub-organization
subchapter
subcommission
superclub
trust
youth club

society | American Dictionary


society
noun
us/səˈsɑɪ·ɪ·t̬i/

societynoun (PEOPLE)


[ C/U ]
people considered as a group, or a group of people who live together in a particular social system:
[ U ]Society is changing little by little.
[ C ]Societies change over the course of time.
[ C/U ]
Society also refers to that group of people who are rich, powerful, or fashionable:
[ U ]He’s a part of Boston society.

societynoun (ORGANIZATION)


[ C ]
an organization for people who have special interests or who want to support particular activities:
Zoological societies protect and study wild animals.

society | Business English


society
noun
uk /səˈsaɪəti/uspluralsocieties
[ U ]
people in general living together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things, and sharing the work that needs to be done:
Society cannot expect perfection in products and services, but it can expect that corporations will always act responsibly.
These fraudsters are preying on the poorest and the most vulnerable people in society.
[ C or U ]
the people who live in a particular country or area and their way of life and customs:
The prime growth engine of capitalist societies is innovation.
We live in a multicultural society.
Will we ever achieve a cashless society?
Homeownership is a linchpin of American society.
[ C ] BANKING
used in the name of some UK banks to show that they are mutuals(= banks that are owned by the people who keep money in them), or that they were mutual in the past:
The building society responded to numerous inquiries about mortgages from first-time buyers.
These bonds are only offered by friendly societies.
The society says it has been passing on extra benefits to its members for some time.
[ C ]
an organization to which people who share similar interests can belong:
the American Society of Civil Engineers
the Industrial Society

See also


building society
classification society
consumer society
cooperative society
credit society
friendly society
stakeholder theory

Examples of society


society
Some medical specialty societies already are recognized as proponents of standards of care by health plans.
The abolitionist was, constitutionally speaking, neither officer nor prisoner and as a consequence may stand for the ordinary citizen - "society," the people at large.
This organic vision of society was shared by moralists and philosophers.
The state, defined as the governing apparatus, cannot be physically ubiquitous by showing its physical presence in every sphere of the society.
As such, ethnicity as ideology provides a psychological formula which mitigates the uncertainties of state- society relations.
The party's electorate basically resembles the complexion of society.
Moreover, in a liberal democracy with a well-developed private sector, would-be hegemonic efforts to extend the party's influence through society can have unexpected results.
These new parties often had origins in the civil society which was allowed to exist during the authoritarian era.
Getting married confirmed a man's entry into patriarchal society, conferring new social roles and responsibilities.
The multiple roles that people hold within their family, community, work, and society as a whole work to define their sense of self.
Ultimately the genre survives in the twenty-first century primarily in our university choruses and local choral societies.
People order their material surroundings in ways that suit their world-view, thus creating and manipulating their place in society.
Thus, a first step requires organizational and technical support to scavenging activity through the formation of cooperative societies or micro-enterprises.
The history of the relationship between insurance and civil society, as usually told, is an anticlimactic narrative.
Within a single state and society, by contrast, politics was supposed to be about the common good.
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Collocations withsociety


society

These are words often used in combination with society.

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advanced society
But progress has its price, and the task is a difficult one-the task of adapting to an advanced society.
affluent society
The ecological approaches modelled palaeolithic societies as living on the edge and always in need, but also led to such qualifications as the original affluent society and the original ecologists.
ageing society
Promoting transformative learning enables community volunteering to provide meaningful roles for seniors, and promotes citizenship participation and the social economy in an ageing society.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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