1. sociology 社會學 [例] Sociology is the study of human social behavior, especially the study of the origins, organization, institutions, and development of human society.
2. hierarchy 層次 等級體系 [例] The government is a hierarchy.
3. sociologist 社會學家
4. marriage 結(jié)婚 婚姻 [例] My sister's marriage took place at ten o'clock today.
5. phenomenon 現(xiàn)象
6. urban 城市的 市內(nèi)的
7. rural 鄉(xiāng)下的 田園的 [例] Crops are grown in rural areas.
8. urbanization 城市化 [例] Urbanization has taken place very rapidly in developing countries.
9. migration 移民 [例] Scientists have studied the migration of fish over long distances in the river.
10. immigration 移居入境
11. emigration 移民出境 僑居
12. mobility 流動 [例] There's been restructuring of industry and downward mobility for Americans as a whole.
13. community 社區(qū) 社會 公社 [例] Government, business and community are the three pillars of our society.
14. metropolitan 首都的 主要都市的 大城市的
15. convention 傳統(tǒng) [例] Convention dictates that a leader should resign in such a situation.
16. patriarchic 家長的 族長的 [例] Our boss is too patriarchic.
17. institutionalize 使制度化或習俗化 [例] To institutionalize our scholarship discipline is imperative for all international students.
18. taboo 禁忌 禁止 [例] There is a taboo on smoking in this office.
19. ethics 倫理學
20. marital 婚姻的
21. polygamous 一夫多妻的 一妻多夫的
22. tribe 部落 部族
23. clan 部落 氏族 宗族 黨派
24. connubial 婚姻的 夫妻的 配偶的
25. matrimony 婚姻
26. anathema 令人厭惡的事 受詛咒的事 [例] Those terrible ideas are anathemas to me.