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society

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Related topics: Sociology, Organizations, Society
so·ci·e·ty /səˈsaɪəti/ ●●● S1 W1 noun (plural societies)  
1  people in general 人的总称 [uncountableU]SOCIETY people in general, considered in relation to the laws, organizations etc that make it possible for them to live together 社会
 technology and its effects on modern society
科技及其对现代社会的影响
 Children are the most vulnerable members of society.
儿童是最脆弱的社会成员。
2  a particular group 某一群体 [countableC, uncountableU]SSSOCIETY a particular large group of people who share laws, organizations, customs etc 社会〔指有共同的法律、组织、习俗等的特定群体〕
 Britain is now a multiracial society.
英国现在是一个多种族社会。
 the capitalist societies of the West
西方资本主义社会
 the conservative segment of American society
美国社会中的保守派
3  club 社团 [countableC]SSO an organization or club with members who share similar interests, aims etc 社团，协会
 the university film society
大学电影协会
 the American Cancer Society
美国癌症学会
society of
 the Society of Black Lawyers
黑人律师协会
► see thesaurus at organization
4  upper class 上层社会 [uncountableU]CLASS IN SOCIETY the fashionable group of people who are rich and powerful 上层社会，社交界
 a society wedding
上层社会的婚礼
high society (=the richest, most fashionable etc people) 上流社会
5  being with people 与人交际 [uncountableU] formalSOCIALIZE when you are together with other people 交谊，交际，交往
society of
 Holidays are a time to enjoy the society of your family.
假日是享受天伦之乐的时刻。
6  polite society middle- or upper-class people who behave correctly in social situations 上流社会
in polite society (=among middle- or upper-class people) 在上流社会中
 The subject was rarely mentioned in polite society.
这个话题在上流社会很少提起。
Examples from the Corpus
in polite society• It was obvious from the scenes that such behavior did not belong in polite society.• Her passion for natural history became increasingly fashionable in polite society during the 17605.• In the good old days of rampant dualism, the mind was rarely mentioned in polite society.
→ building society, friendly society
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: a particular large group of people who share laws, organizations, customs etc
adjectives
a free society
Censorship has no place in a free society.
a civilized society
A civilized society should treat its elderly members well.
a civil society (=a society based on laws that everyone accepts)
The protection of human rights is essential for a civil society.
a multicultural/multiracial society
We live in a multicultural society.
a democratic society
Education is important in a democratic society.
an advanced/modern society
The Greeks formed the first advanced societies in the West.
This kind of hatred and violence have no place in a modern society like ours.
an industrial society
In complex industrial societies, different groups specialize in particular activities.
a primitive society
In almost all primitive societies, volcanoes have been regarded with fear.
a just society
We are making progress towards a just society.
a classless society (=one in which people are not divided into different social classes)
the prime minister’s vision of a classless society
a capitalist society
As consumers in a capitalist society, we can press companies to behave responsibly.
the larger/wider society (=used when comparing a small group of people to society as a whole)
The poor are part of the larger society, and programs must be there to help them.
Examples from the Corpus
society• We live in a society that values hard work.• recent changes in American society• Having already displayed a contempt for civilized society, he or she can not be considered a part of it.• He joined the university film society as a way of making friends.• the president of the American Historical Society• Islamic society• Nevertheless we are committed to a meritocratic society.• the National Society of Public Accountants• We want our students to become useful and responsible members of society.• Children are the most vulnerable members of society.• His death has triggered questions over whether a larger section of society than initially thought may be vulnerable to the disease.• Prisons are meant to protect society from criminals.• In Protestant society such conflicts certainly exist, but they take place in private.• the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds• We will soon be unable to enjoy the society of our dearest friends.• They will continue to promote the integration of migrant workers in the societies in which they are lawfully residing.• The judge described Smith as 'a danger to society'.• Give him an unknown society, any society, and he wanted in.
members of society• Few attempts to change public perceptions are achieved easily, nor can they be performed by all members of society.• Classes did not exist since all members of society shared the same relationship to the means of production.• This means that relationships between members of society are organized in terms of rules.• It blinds members of society to the contradictions and conflicts of interest which are built into their relationships.• But women were commonly considered not full members of society.• The norms of domestic life it set forth drew a clear ideological boundary between rational members of society and the feckless.• The evidence also showed that the Amish have an excellent record as law-abiding and generally self-sufficient members of society...• Consequently these questions have rarely been put to younger members of society.
segment of ... society• There is no free lunch for any segment of society.• Those who were the clones of the more conservative segment of our society seemed to have an advantage.• To make advanced computing and communications information infrastructure available to-and usable by-a larger segment of the society.• It is this convergence of class, gender, and race that makes a sweeping attack on one segment of society possible.• It allows us to more easily justify restrictions on this segment of society now branded with an anti-social label.• Shifting tides have subsequently resulted in conflict among various segments of Arab society, none more potent than the struggle of women.
high society• There was no doubt that he could write well about high society, but the market for that sort of thing was dwindling.• He reckoned he'd fit much better into Hollywood and high society.• Torn between high society and the life of the workers on the estate, she makes many mistakes before seeing the truth.• And the few people he mixed with in high society turned their backs on him.• My first venture into high society.• Before long, Brighton was a centre of high society second only to London.• The brothers intend to show that they will not conform to the practices and hypocrisies of high society.• Although personally modest, Astaire pushed off from a world of high society.
From Longman Business Dictionary
societyso·ci·e·ty /səˈsaɪəti/ noun (plural societies)
1[uncountableU] people in general, considered in relation to the structure of laws, organizations etc that make it possible for them to live together
Society may decide that it dislikes monopoly profits, purely on the grounds of equity.
2[countableC, uncountableU] a particular large group of people who share laws, organizations, customs etc
We have grown up in a materialistic, capitalist society.
→ consumer society → stakeholder society
3[countableC]ORGANIZATIONS a professional organization or club with members who share similar aims and interests
the American Society for Training and Development
→ co-operative society → credit society → friendly society → provident society → see also building society, classification society
Origin society
(1500-1600) French société, from Latin societas, from socius; → SOCIAL1
so·ci·e·ty noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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society

noun¹

 1people who have shared customs and laws群體ADJECTIVE | VERB + SOCIETY | SOCIETY + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤larger, wider更廣闊的社會◇the position of women within the family and the wider society婦女在家庭以及更廣闊的社會中的地位➤entire, whole整個社會◇An entire society has been corrupted.整個社會都墮落了。➤contemporary, modern當代／現代社會▸➤traditional傳統社會➤mainstream主流社會◇a place for people excluded from mainstream society不被主流社會接納的人的場所➤new新社會◇He wanted to create a new society.他想要創建一個新社會。➤advanced發達社會◇the role of women in an advanced industrial society發達工業社會中婦女的角色➤primitive原始社會➤complex複雜社會▸➤egalitarian, free, just, liberal, open平等的／自由的／公平的／開明的／開放的社會▸➤closed封閉的社會▸➤civilized, good, humane文明的／美好的／人道的社會◇a vision of the good society美好社會的願景➤affluent富裕社會◇the consumerist values of the affluent society富裕社會的消費主義價值觀➤consumer, consumerist消費社會▸➤disposable, throwaway (especially BrE) 充斥着一次性用品的社會◇Our disposable society must be encouraged to recycle.我們這個一次性用品充斥的社會必須鼓勵循環再生。➤permissive開放寬容的社會▸➤diverse, multicultural, multiracial, pluralistic多元化社會；多元文化社會；多種族社會◇the celebration of a culturally diverse society對多元文化社會的頌揚➤divided, stratified分化的／等級化的社會◇Years of high unemployment have left society deeply divided.多年的高失業率已使社會嚴重分化。➤civil公民社會◇the relationship between the state and civil society國家與民權社會的關係➤secular世俗社會▸➤human人類社會◇a theory on the basis of human society關於人類社會基礎的理論➤class階級社會▸➤classless無階級社會▸➤tribal部落社會▸➤matriarchal, patriarchal母系／父系氏族社會➤male-dominated男權社會▸➤bourgeois資產階級社會➤high上層社會◇She was marrying into Rio's high society.她要嫁入里約的上層社會。➤capitalist, democratic, feudal, political, socialist, etc.資本主義、民主、封建、政治、社會主義等社會▸➤industrial, post-industrial, pre-industrial工業／後工業／前工業社會◇governments in the advanced industrial societies發達工業社會的政府➤agricultural, information, scientific, technological農業／信息／科學／科技社會◇the global information society全球信息社會➤Islamic, Muslim, Western, etc.伊斯蘭、穆斯林、西方等社會▸➤rural, urban, village (BrE) 鄉村／城市／村落社會➤global全球社會▸➤decent, polite上流社會◇Such language would not be used in polite society.這樣的語言不會在上流社會中使用。VERB + SOCIETY➤build, create建立／創建社會◇the struggle to build a just society為建立公正社會進行的鬥爭➤change, shape, transform改變／形成／轉變社會➤become成為社會◇the path to becoming a secular society成為世俗社會的途徑➤permeate, pervade遍及社會◇the greed that pervades modern society現代社會中普遍存在的貪婪➤dominate控制社會▸➤fit into融入社會◇Prisoners often have problems fitting into society on their release.囚犯獲釋後常常難以融入社會。➤live in在⋯社會中生活◇We live in a society dominated by men.我們生活在男權社會中。➤polarize使社會兩極分化SOCIETY + VERB➤be based on sth社會建立在⋯基礎上◇a society based on social justice以社會正義為基礎的社會➤become社會成為◇US society is becoming more unequal.美國社會正變得越來越不平等。PREPOSITION➤in (a) society, within (a) society在⋯社會中◇the role of television in modern Western society電視在現代西方社會中的作用PHRASES➤a cross-section of society社會橫斷面◇The clinic deals with a wide cross-section of society.診所診治社會上各種各樣的人。➤the fabric of society社會結構◇The civil war tore apart the fabric of society.內戰摧毀了社會結構。➤the higher echelons of society, the top echelons of society社會上層◇Officers were drawn largely from the top echelons of society.官員大都來自社會上層。➤a level of society, a rank of society, a stratum of society社會階層◇Child cruelty exists at all levels of society.虐待兒童的現象在社會各階層都存在。➤a member of society社會成員◇welfare reforms to protect the most vulnerable members of society保護社會最弱勢成員的福利改革➤an outcast from society, an outcast of society社會棄兒◇She devoted herself to helping the outcasts of society.她致力於幫助那些被社會拋棄的人。➤a pillar of society社會支柱◇He considered himself to be a pillar of society.他把自己看作是社會的棟梁。◇One of the pillars of society must be that everyone has access to the legal system.支撑社會正常運行的因素之一是每個人都有訴諸法律的途徑。➤your place in society, your rank in society社會地位◇A person's job is one of the factors that determines their place in society.一個人的工作是決定其社會地位的因素之一。➤a contributing member of society, a productive member of society對社會有貢獻的人；對社會有用的人◇We help offenders to become productive members of society.我們幫助違法者成為對社會有用的人。➤the rest of society社會其他部份◇He felt isolated from the rest of society.他感到自己與社會脫節了。➤a section of society, a sector of society, a segment of society社會的一個階層；社會的一部份◇Every section of society must have access to education.社會各階層都應有受教育的機會。➤society as a whole整個社會◇The research examines minorities and their relation to society as a whole.這項研究審視少數族裔及其與整個社會的關係。➤society at large社會整體◇Health standards have risen in society at large.社會整體的健康水平已經提高。➤society in general整個社會◇the benefits for society in general對整個社會的益處➤the structure of society社會結構◇the class structure of our society我們社會的階級結構
society

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 2organization formed for a particular purpose組織ADJECTIVE | VERB + SOCIETY | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤debating, drama, dramatic, historical, horticultural, music, musical, religious, etc.辯論社、戲劇社、歷史學會、園藝協會、音樂協會、宗教團體等◇a member of an amateur dramatic society業餘戲劇社社員➤medical, professional, scientific, etc.醫學會、專業協會、科學協會等◇He is a member of numerous professional societies.他是眾多專業協會的成員。➤local地方協會◇a local historical society地方性歷史學會➤secret秘密社團VERB + SOCIETY➤belong to屬於⋯團體◇She belongs to the historical society.她是歷史學會的成員。➤become a member of, join成為團體的一員；加入社團▸➤create, establish, form, found, set up, start創建團體；成立社團PREPOSITION➤in a/the society在社團中◇She was active in the Society for Women's Suffrage.她在爭取婦女選舉權協會中活動非常積極。➤society for為⋯組建的協會◇a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals防止虐待動物協會➤society of⋯組成的協會◇the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders汽車製造商及銷售商協會  ➡ note at organization
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society noun
⇨ community (a wide cross-section of society) ⇨ culture (a multicultural society) ⇨ elite (high society) ⇨ union (a dramatic society)
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