mafia

/'mæfiә/ uk　 词频 #15706

英语专业八级

mafia 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 黑手党, 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

mafia 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 mafia 在自然语境里怎么用：

FBI Director Kash Patel: I can say unequivocally that I never listen to the fake-news mafia.

—— The Kash Patel Fallout

We would almost certainly know a lot more about those other potential causes had it not been for the so-called Amyloid Mafia.

—— What’s the deal with Alzheimer’s disease and amyloid?

When asked about it at a press conference Tuesday, he said, “I can say unequivocally that I never listen to the fake-news mafia.

—— The Kash Patel Fallout

Like the Mafia protection racket of a later era, peasants and townspeople who refused to pay tribute to the warlord risked rape, pillage, and worse from his minions.

—— "Most historians would rather go out naked in public than prune their copious footnotes." Not Albert O. Hirschman

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