It was used to denote a tribal society.

这是用来表示一个部落社会。

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It's a quite different from the tribal society.

这跟以前的部落社会是有很大的区别的。

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"This is still a tribal society," says a diplomat in Sana 'a.

“这仍是是个部落社会”一个萨那的外交官说。

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"It is complex difficult terrain, both the land and the people, it is a tribal society with a culture vastly different from what most of us are familiar with and it varies around the country, so you cannot assume what is true in one province is true in another,".

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But the tribal structure of Israelite society that would develop would be strengthened by the natural division of the land into these separate geographical areas that only reinforced the tribalization of society. And these local tribes probably did assimilate elements of the local population.

但是以色列社会的部落形态却会发展,被不断地加强,因为土地自然划分为分离的地理区域,这加强了社会的部落化，这些当地的部落,很可能同化了当地人口的特点。

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There's war still, poverty, unemployment and the never-ending struggle for power in this tribal society.

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Mr Kechichian stresses the House of Saud's roots in a conservative, Islamic, tribal society but he does not disguise its difficulties.

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It is a defining moment on whether a kinship-based society, dominated by tribal, religious and ethnic loyalty has reached a level of critical mass sufficient for national unity.

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