名詞 fraternity:

1. a social club for male undergraduates
   同義詞：frat
2. people engaged in a particular occupation
   同義詞：brotherhood, sodality

1. An association of men, such as a fraternity or union, united for common purposes.
   全體會員為共同目標(biāo)組成的，如兄弟會或工會等的會員
2. A person who has been accepted for membership in a fraternity or similar organization and has promised to join but has not yet been initiated.
   立誓入會的人已經(jīng)被兄弟會或類似的組織接受為會員而且立誓加入，但仍尚未入會的人
3. He is a member of the medical fraternity.
   他在醫(yī)務(wù)界工作。

fra.ter.ni.ty

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 fra.ter.ni.ties
A body of people associated for a common purpose or interest, such as a guild.
兄弟會：為共同的目的或利益而聯(lián)合的人們的團體
A group of people joined by similar backgrounds, occupations, interests, or tastes:
一群同職業(yè)（同興趣等）的人：由相似的背景、職業(yè)、興趣或嗜好而聯(lián)系在一起的一組人：
例句：
the fraternity of bird watchers.
愛鳥協(xié)會的成員

A chiefly social organization of men students at a college or university, usually designated by Greek letters.
大學(xué)生聯(lián)誼會：學(xué)院或大學(xué)里男生的主要社會組織，通常以希臘字母命名
The quality or condition of being brothers; brotherliness.
友愛：成為兄弟的特征或條件；兄弟情誼

來源：
Middle English fraternite
中古英語 fraternite
from Old French fraternite
源自 古法語 fraternite
from Latin fr3ternit3s
源自 拉丁語 fr3ternit3s
from fr3ternus [fraternal] * see fraternal
源自 fr3ternus [兄弟般的] *參見 fraternal