mafia

中文意思

• n. 黑手党
• n. 秘密政党

英文释义

• n. a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
• n. a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
• n. any tightly knit group of trusted associates

词形变化

复数

mafias

例句

1. n. 黑手党

   The police spent years gathering evidence to bring down the local mafia.

   警方花了数年时间收集证据，以摧毁当地的黑手党。

2. n. 秘密政党

   A powerful mafia within the ruling party controlled all the important decisions.

   执政党内部的一个秘密政党控制了一切重大决定。