"gangs" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 幫派
• 團夥

Definition

通常指一羣人，尤其是年輕人，因社交或非法活動聚集在一起。多指參與犯罪的街頭幫派。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多指與犯罪相關的街頭幫派（『街頭幫派』），在非正式場合偶爾也指朋友羣。新聞和警方報導中幾乎一律為負面。不要與中性『團體』或正面『團隊』混淆。

Examples

There are problems with gangs in some neighborhoods.

有些社區存在**幫派**問題。

Police are trying to stop the fight between the two gangs.

警方正在努力阻止兩**幫派**之間的鬥爭。

Some gangs use symbols to show who they are.

有些**幫派**用符號表示身份。

The street was empty after the gangs started causing trouble.

**幫派**鬧事後，街道變得空無一人。

He left the city to get away from the influence of local gangs.

他離開了城市，想擺脫當地**幫派**的影響。

You could tell the area was controlled by gangs just by the graffiti.

光看塗鴉就能看出這個區域被**幫派**控制。