| 单词 | 图腾 |
| 释义 | 〔totem〕An animal, a plant, or a natural object serving among certain tribal or traditional peoples as the emblem of a clan or family and sometimes revered as its founder, ancestor, or guardian.图腾：一种动物、植物或自然物体，在某一部落或传统民族中作为一氏族或家庭的象征，有时被尊为其创建者、祖先或守护者〔dreamtime〕"Aboriginal myths tell of the legendary totemic beings who wandered across the country in the Dreamtime . . . singing the world into existence"(Bruce Chatwin)“土著的神话讲述了开天辟地时期在整个土地上游荡的传说中的图腾生物…用歌声形成了世界的故事”(布鲁斯·查特温)〔totemism〕A social system based on affiliations to totems.图腾制度：基于图腾的紧密联系之上的一种社会制度〔totem〕"grew up with the totems and taboos typical of an Irish Catholic kid in Boston"(Connie Paige)“在波士顿随着图腾与禁忌而长大的爱尔兰天主教家庭的孩子”(康妮·佩奇)〔totem〕A social group having a common affiliation to such an object.有共同图腾的民族：与这样一种物体共同紧密联系在一起的社会群体〔poltroon〕"Every moment of the fashion industry's misery is richly deserved by the designers . . . and magazine poltroons who perpetuate this absurd creation"(Nina Totenberg)“时装工业每一个痛苦的时刻都是完全应该被时装设计师们…和那些使这种荒诞创造永久化的杂志懦夫领受”(尼娜·图腾伯格)〔totemism〕A belief in totems or in kinship through common affiliation to a totem.图腾崇拜：对图腾的信仰或因与某一图腾所共有的紧密联系对血亲关系的信仰 |
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