sister
n. 姐妹; (稱志同道合者)姐妹; 修女; 護士
Your sister is a girl or woman who has the same parents as you.
His sister Sarah helped him.
他姐姐薩拉幫助了他。
...Vanessa Bell, the sister of Virginia Woolf...
弗吉尼婭·伍爾夫的姐姐瓦妮莎·貝爾
Sister is a title given to a woman who belongs to a religious community.
Sister Francesca entered the chapel.
弗朗西絲卡修女走進了小教堂。
...the Hospice of the Sisters of Charity at Lourdes.
盧爾德仁愛修女會的安養院
A sister is a senior female nurse who supervises part of a hospital.
Ask to speak to the sister on the ward...
請求和病房裡的護士長說話。
Sister Middleton followed the coffee trolley.
護士長米德爾頓跟在送咖啡的推車後面。
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.
Modern woman has been freed from many of the duties that befell her sisters in times past.
現代女性已經從許多壓在舊時女性身上的責任中解放出來了。
...our Jewish brothers and sisters.
我們猶太教的兄弟姐妹們
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.
...the International Monetary Fund and its sister organisation, the World Bank.
國際貨幣基金組織及其姊妹機構——世界銀行
...Voyager 2 and its sister ship, Voyager 1.
“旅行者 2 號”太空探測器及其姊妹探測器——“旅行者 1 號”
1. a female person who has the same parents as another person;
2. a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group;
3. sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
He was engaged to my sister.
他和我妹妹訂婚了.
She differs from her sister in the color of her eyes.
她與她姐姐眼睛的顏色不同.
My sister gave me a book.
姐姐送我一本書.
Could you bundle these clothes off to my sister?
把這些衣服寄給我姐姐好 嗎 ?
I regarded her as my own sister.
我把她看作自己的妹妹.