Gens

(a.) A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe.

(a.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.

整理:罗莎

• You are not recognising an acquaintance amongst that group of jeunes gens? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• That whole evening was Madame on duty beside these jeunes gens--attentive to them as a mother, but strict with them as a dragon. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• When people stared at her, and giggled after her, she made a point of saying loudly, to Ursula: 'Regarde, regarde ces gens-la! 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

录入:佩内洛普