sisterhood

/ˈsɪstəhʊd/ (bre, ipa) · [sˈɪstɚhʊd] /ˈsɪstərhʊd/ (ame, ipa) · [sˈɪstɚhʊd] /ˈsi-stər-ˌhu̇d How to pronounce sisterhood (audio)/ (ame, mw)

sisterhood — 名詞

  • sisterhoodsingular
  • sisterhoodsplural

1. the feeling of trust and mutual support that grows when women stand together for

1.名詞B2
釋義

女性團結

女性彼此扶持的情誼

the feeling of trust and mutual support that grows when women stand together for the same rights, needs, or aims.

例句

After the march, Ritu felt a deep sisterhood with the other organizers.

遊行結束後，Ritu 感受到自己和其他籌辦者之間深厚的女性團結。

feel a deep sisterhood with other women

Years in the shelter created a strong sisterhood among the volunteers.

多年在收容所一起工作，讓這些志工之間形成了強烈的女性團結。

sisterhood among women in shared work

同義詞
  • solidarity

    broader and can describe any group; 'sisterhood' keeps the female-centered emotional bond.

  • fellowship

    warmer and less political; it does not specifically suggest women supporting women.

  • unity

    focuses on acting as one group, often with less personal warmth than 'sisterhood'.

反義詞
  • division

    suggests the group is split instead of standing together.

  • rivalry

    focuses on competition rather than support.

文法句型

uncountable noun

用法筆記

Usually uncountable. It emphasizes women backing one another because of shared experiences or goals, especially in social or political settings, not just ordinary friendship.

常見錯誤

❌The men's group showed strong sisterhood.
✅The men's group showed strong brotherhood.
💡'sisterhood' is used for women, not men.
❌Our team built a sisterhoods over the year.
✅Our team built sisterhood over the year.
💡this abstract sense is usually uncountable.

2. the family bond that exists between two or more sisters.

2.名詞B2
釋義

姊妹關係

親生或手足姊妹間的情誼

the family bond that exists between two or more sisters.

例句

Even after years apart, Nala and Eri rebuilt their sisterhood.

即使分開多年，Nala 和 Eri 仍重新建立起她們的姊妹關係。

rebuild sisterhood between sisters

Caring for their mother together made their sisterhood stronger.

一起照顧母親，讓她們的姊妹關係更緊密了。

同義詞
  • bond

    more general; it can describe many kinds of close relationships, not specifically sisters.

  • kinship

    slightly more formal and focused on family connection.

  • closeness

    describes emotional nearness but does not show the family link by itself.

反義詞
  • estrangement

    suggests sisters are emotionally or socially cut off from each other.

文法句型

uncountable noun

用法筆記

Uncountable. Use this sense for actual sisters in a family; for support among unrelated women, use sense 1 instead.

常見錯誤

❌Their sisterhoods became stronger after college.
✅Their sisterhood became stronger after college.
💡this family-bond sense is usually uncountable.
❌The two cousins share a strong sisterhood.
✅The two sisters share a strong sisterhood.
💡this sense is for sisters, not female relatives in general.

3. an organized female community formed around the same religion, work, or purpose,

3.名詞C1
釋義

婦女團體

因共同信念組成的女性社群

an organized female community formed around the same religion, work, or purpose, often with members living or working closely together.

例句

Felipe's aunt joined a sisterhood that ran schools in rural villages.

Felipe 的阿姨加入了一個在偏鄉辦學的婦女團體。

join a sisterhood

The temple sisterhood met every dawn to pray and cook together.

這個寺院婦女團體每天黎明都會一起祈禱並做飯。

religious sisterhood as a community

同義詞
  • community

    broader and less formal; it does not by itself say the group is only women.

  • order

    best for a formal religious group, especially nuns.

  • association

    often more administrative and less intimate than 'sisterhood'.

反義詞
  • isolation

    suggests the absence of organized shared life.

文法句型

a/the + sisterhood

用法筆記

Countable. It often refers to a formal or organized community, especially a religious order or a group built around shared work or beliefs.

常見錯誤

❌She entered sisterhood at eighteen.
✅She entered a sisterhood at eighteen.
💡this group sense is countable when you mean an organization.
❌The sisterhood was her and her two sisters.
✅The sisterhood was a religious group she joined.
💡this sense names a women's community, not a family bond.

4. women who take part in campaigns and other action to win fairer treatment and mo

4.名詞C1
釋義

婦運人士

投入爭取婦女權益的女性

women who take part in campaigns and other action to win fairer treatment and more rights for women.

例句

The sisterhood gathered outside city hall to demand safer streets.

這群婦運人士聚集在市政廳外，要求更安全的街道。

collective noun for women campaigners

Young reporters interviewed the sisterhood behind the new pay-gap campaign.

年輕記者採訪了發起這場新薪資差距運動的婦運人士。

同義詞
  • activists

    more direct and neutral; it does not add the idea of a female-centered movement identity.

  • movement

    focuses more on the cause or campaign than on the women within it.

  • campaigners

    stresses public action, often with less emotional unity than 'sisterhood'.

反義詞
  • opposition

    refers to people resisting the movement's goals.

文法句型

the + sisterhood

用法筆記

This sense names the women themselves as a campaigning group. Unlike sense 1, it refers to the people in the movement, not the feeling between them.

常見錯誤

❌The sisterhood is a warm feeling between activists here.
✅The sisterhood here means the activists themselves.
💡this sense names the group, not the emotion.
❌One sisterhood spoke at the rally.
✅One activist from the sisterhood spoke at the rally.
💡the word names the whole group, not one individual woman.