sister /ˈsɪstə/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT Your sister is a girl or woman who has the same parents as you. 姐; 妹 [oft poss N]

  例：

  His sister Sarah helped him.

  他姐姐萨拉帮助了他。

  例：

  ...Vanessa Bell, the sister of Virginia Woolf.

  …弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫的姐姐瓦内莎·贝尔。

• 2. 

  → see also half sister, stepsister

• 3. 

  N-COUNT/N-TITLE/N-VOC Sister is a title given to a woman who belongs to a religious community. 修女

  例：

  Sister Francesca entered the chapel.

  弗朗西丝卡修女走进小教堂。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT You can describe a woman as your sister if you feel a connection with her, for example, because she belongs to the same race, religion, country, or profession. 姐妹 (对同种族、宗教、国家，或职业女性的亲切说法); 女同胞

  例：

  Modern woman has been freed from many of the duties that befell her sisters in times past.

  现代女性已从旧时代姐妹们肩负的许多责任中解放出来了。

• 5. 

  ADJ You can use sister to describe something that is of the same type or is connected in some way to another thing you have mentioned. For example, if a company has a sister company, they are connected. 同类型的; 姐妹般的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...the International Monetary Fund and its sister organization, the World Bank.

  …国际货币基金组织和它的姐妹机构，世界银行。