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People，Race，Nationality，Tribe，Clan，Ethnic group
民族。
🚩people统称“民族，种族，或一国之人民”，是可数集合名词，可以有复数形式peoples。柯林斯解释为A people is all the men, women, and children of a particular country or race.，即“某一国，某一种族的所有男男女女、大大小小的人”。
如：
the English-speaking peoples 说英语的民族
The Spartans were a warlike people. 斯巴达人是尚武的民族。
🚩race强调“身体外貌等特征一样的人种，种族”，柯林斯词典的解释为A race is one of the major groups which human beings can be divided into according to their physical features, such as the colour of their skin.。
如：
the Caucasian, Mongolian, Negro, etc race 高加索、蒙古、黑色等人种
people of mixed race 混血
Discrimination by employers on the grounds of race and nationality was illegal.雇主以种族或国籍为由歧视员工是非法的。
🚩nationality主要“国籍”的意思，它也有“民族”的意思。柯林斯词典认为nationality“尤其指未建立独立国家的民族”，解释是You can refer to people who have the same racial origins as a nationality, especially when they do not have their own independent country.，即“同样的人种形成的，尤其是没有独立建国的民族”。
如：
the many nationalities that comprise Ethiopia组成埃塞俄比亚的众多民族
🚩tribe略有贬义，是指“发展中国家或者旧时的部落，部族，他们人种、语言、习俗都一样”，柯林斯解释为Tribe is sometimes used to refer to a group of people of the same race, language, and customs, especially in a developing country. Some people disapprove of this use.。
如：
three-hundred members of the Xhosa tribe. 300 名科萨族人
a map of Maryland marked with the names of Indian tribes. 标有印第安部落名称的马里兰州地图
the twelve tribes of ancient Israel 早期以色列人十二支族.
🚩clan是“家族，宗族，氏族”，柯林斯解释为A clan is a group which consists of families that are related to each other.。
如：
rival clans敌对的家族
🚩ethnic group是“有共同文化、习俗、人种等的族群，或者种族社群”，英文解释是a community or population made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent。它的含义比较广，常常指一个人的种族或者民族。
如：
minority ethnic group少数民族
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