society

noun

1. 社会（以群体形式生活在一起的人的总称）
   people in general, living together in communities
   1. policies that will benefit society as a whole
      将有利于整个社会的政策
   2. Racism exists at all levels of society.
      种族主义存在于社会各阶层。
   3. They carried out research into the roles of men and women in today's society.
      他们就男人和女人在当今社会中所扮演的角色展开研究。
2. 社会（共同遵守一定的习俗、法律等的特定群体）
   a particular community of people who share the same customs, laws, etc.
   1. modern industrial societies
      现代工业社会
   2. demand created by a consumer society
      消费型社会所产生的需求
   3. Can Britain ever be a classless society?
      英国能否有朝一日成为一个无阶级社会？
   4. They were discussing the problems of Western society.
      当时他们正在讨论西方社会的问题。
3. 社团；协会；学会
   a group of people who join together for a particular purpose
   1. a member of the drama society
      剧社成员
   2. the American Society of Newspaper Editors
      美国报纸主编协会
4. 上流社会
   the group of people in a country who are fashionable, rich and powerful
   1. Their daughter married into high society .
      他们的女儿嫁到了上层人家。
   2. a society wedding
      上层社会的婚礼
5. 相伴；交往
   the state of being with other people
   1. He was a solitary man who avoided the society of others.
      他是个孤僻的人，不愿和人交往。

1. N-UNCOUNT 社会(视作一个有组织的大群体)
   Society is people in general, thought of as a large organized group.
   1. This reflects attitudes and values prevailing in society...
      这反映了社会上盛行的态度和价值观。
   2. He maintains Islam must adapt to modern society.
      他坚持认为伊斯兰教必须适应现代社会。
2. N-VAR 社会(指居住在某个国家或地区的人民、其组织及其生活方式)
   A society is the people who live in a country or region, their organizations, and their way of life.
   1. We live in a capitalist society.
      我们生活在一个资本主义社会里。
   2. ...those responsible for destroying our African heritage and the fabric of our society.
      那些毁掉了我们非洲的文化遗产、破坏了我们的社会结构的人
   3. ...the complexities of South African society.
      错综复杂的南非社会
3. N-COUNT 协会;社团
   A society is an organization for people who have the same interest or aim.
   1. ...the North of England Horticultural Society.
      北英格兰园艺协会
   2. ...the historical society.
      历史协会
4. N-UNCOUNT 上流社会;社交界
   Society is the rich, fashionable people in a particular place who meet on social occasions.
   1. The couple quickly became a fixture of society pages.
      夫妇俩很快便成为了报纸社交版上的常驻人物。
   2. ...the high season for society weddings.
      上流社会举办婚礼的旺季
5. See also: building society

1. Japan has advanced from a rural, feudal society to an urban, industrial power.
   日本已从封建农业社会发展成一个城市化工业强国。
2. Their purpose is to build a fair society and a strong economy
   他们的目的是要建立一个公平的社会和一个强大的经济体。
3. Education is the basis of a democratic society
   教育是民主社会的基础。
4. Society begins to have an impact on the developing child.
   社会开始对成长中的孩子产生影响。
5. He sees dissidents as the dregs of society.
   他把和他政见相左的人看作是社会渣滓。
6. To him the family is the core of society
   对他来说，家庭是社会的核心。
7. Rituals and festivals form an integral part of every human society
   仪式与节日构成了任何人类社会不可缺少的一部分。
8. We live in a multiracial society.
   我们生活在一个多民族的社会里。
9. But we are now a much more fragmented society
   但我们现在所处的是一个更加四分五裂的社会。
10. To a society which has lost its orientation he has much to offer
    对于一个迷失了方向的社会，他能做的有很多。
11. Our objective is a free, open and pluralistic society.
    我们的目标是建立一个自由、开放和多元化的社会。
12. In many ways, our society actively promotes alcoholism.
    我们的社会从多个方面助长了酗酒的风气。
13. Innocence and decent living are no protection from the evil elements within our society
    清白做人和正派生活无法保护我们不受社会中邪恶力量的伤害。
14. You have to acknowledge that we live in a racist society.
    你得承认我们生活在一个有种族偏见的社会中。
15. Wealth was redistributed more equitably among society
    财富实现了在社会中更加公平地再分配。
16. This society is ripe for change.
    发生社会变革的时机已经成熟。
17. He has a romantic view of rural society
    他对农村的看法不切实际。
18. All women have a rough time in our society
    在我们的社会中，所有女性的日子都不好过。
19. Rugged individualism forged America's frontier society.
    坚定的个人主义造就了美国的边疆社会。
20. This reflects attitudes and values prevailing in society
    这反映了社会上盛行的态度和价值观。
21. We live in a capitalist society.
    我们生活在一个资本主义社会里。
22. The couple quickly became a fixture of society pages.
    夫妇俩很快便成为了报纸社交版上的常驻人物。
23. I have a vision of a society that is free of exploitation and injustice
    我希望建立一个没有剥削和不公的社会。
24. He has taken up the post of the society's president.
    他出任该协会主席。
25. Any given culture is a reflection of the politics and economics of a given society.
    一定的文化是一定社会的政治和经济的反映。
26. The slaves of the old society have become the masters of the new society.
    旧社会的奴隶变成了新社会的主人。
27. The event has astonished London society.
    这一事件震惊了伦敦的社交界。
28. He went through all kinds of hardships in the old society.
    他在旧社会受尽了苦。
29. I was an illiterate in the old society, but now I can read.
    我这个旧社会的文盲，今天也认字了。
30. Language emerges and develops with the emergence and development of society.
    语言是随着社会的产生而产生，随着社会的发展而发展的。

  society league union【导航词义：社团】

  society n. 社团，协会

〔辨析〕指具有共同志趣、目的等的团体，尤用于组织名称中。

  league n. 联合会，联盟

〔辨析〕指由具有共同目的、政治信念等的人或国家组成的联盟；也指体育运动队为决出冠军而互相比赛的联合会。

  union n. 工会，会社

〔辨析〕多指工会，也常用于协会、联合会、俱乐部等的名称中。

noun

1. an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

2. a formal association of people with similar interests
   1. he joined a golf club
   2. they formed a small lunch society
   3. men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today

   Synonym:    clubsocial clubguildgildlodgeorder

3. the fashionable elite

   Synonym:    high societybeau mondesmart setbon ton

4. the state of being with someone
   1. he missed their company
   2. he enjoyed the society of his friends

   Synonym:    companycompanionshipfellowship