| 单词 | Mafia |
| 释义 | Mafia Ma.fi.a AHD: [mä“f¶-…] D.J. [6m$8fi8*]K.K. [6m$fi*]n.（名词）1. A secret terrorist organization in Sicily, operating since the early 19th century in opposition to legal authority:黑手党：意大利西西里的一个秘密恐怖组织，起源于19世纪早期对合法当局的反抗：“Rome they despised, the Mafia they feared, but not to submission”(&b{Mario Puzo})“他们鄙视罗马，害怕黑手党，但是绝不屈服”(马里奥·普佐)2. An alleged international criminal organization believed active, especially in Italy and the United States, since the late 19th century.黑手党：被指控为跨国界际的犯罪组织，自19世纪以来在意大利和美国特别活跃3. Often mafia Informal A tightly knit group of trusted associates, as of a political leader:常作 mafia 【非正式用语】 操纵小团伙：一个互相信任的紧密团结的群体，如一个政治首领的小集团：“&I{[He]} is one of the personal mafia that &I{[the chancellor]} brought with him to Bonn” (&b{Christian Science Monitor})“［他］ 是 ［总理］ 带到波恩去的同僚之一” (基督教科学箴言报)n.attributive.（定语名词）Often used to modify another noun:黑手党：通常用来修饰另外一个名词：a Mafia overlord; a Mafia organization.黑手党大地主；黑手党组织语源:1. Italian 意大利语 2. perhaps from dialectal mafia [bluster, boldness] 可能源自 方言 mafia [恫吓，勇敢] |
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