feudal

feudal

英 ['fjuːd(ə)l]
　　美 ['fjudl]

adj. 封建制度的；領地的；世仇的

中文詞源：

feudal 封建的

來自PIE*peku, 牛。引申詞義耕作，耕種，指有土地所有權的國王或莊園領主把土地封給其臣民或臣子進行耕作，以臣民或臣子上交一定的地租或提供勞務服務做為交換，類似於中國古代的分封制。該詞與feud沒有任何詞源聯系。比較其同源詞fee, pecuniary.

例句：

1. Diplomacy was in his blood: his ancestors had been feudal lords.
他天生擅長交際：他的祖先曾是封建領主。

2. Feudal rulers ruled over the country several thousand years.
封建統治者統治這個國傢幾千年.

3. The feudal system lasted for two thousand years in China.
封建制度在中國延續瞭兩千年之久.

4. Many people look back with nostalgia to feudal times.
許多人留戀不舍地回顧封建時代.

5. This historical novel illustrates the breaking up of feudal society in microcosm.
這部歷史小說是走向崩潰的封建社會的縮影.