词典释义：
释义
plural noun
fellow Christians or members of a male religious order
（基督教）教友们；（宗教团体的）男教友们。参见<Bold>BROTHER</Bold> （义项 2）.
used for humorous or rhetorical effect to refer to people belonging to a particular group
［用于表示幽默或某种修辞效果］同道，同业，同一社团的成员
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our brethren in the popular national press .我们全国大众新闻业的同行们。