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 brother (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 our brethren in the popular national press. 我们全国大众新闻业的同行们。