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（某组织或团体的）成员，会员；（尤指宗教团体的）教友 You can refer to the members of a particular organization or group, especially a religious group, as brethren.
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We must help our brethren, it is our duty...
我们必须帮助我们的教友，这是我们的责任。
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Sri Lankans share a common ancestry with their Indian brethren.
斯里兰卡人和他们的印度兄弟有共同的祖先。
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1. (plural) the lay members of a male religious order
- 1. Those of our brethren were now at rest.
- 我们那些弟兄们现在已经死去了。
来自《简明英汉词典》
