elites

英 [eɪˈliːts]

美 [ɪˈlits]

n.  上层集团; (统称)掌权人物，社会精英
elite的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 精英;杰出人物
  You can refer to the most powerful, rich, or talented people within a particular group, place, or society as theelite.
  1. ...a government comprised mainly of the elite...
     主要由精英组成的政府
  2. We have a political elite in this country.
     我们国家有一群政治精英。
• ADJ-GRADED 精英的;精锐的;最优秀的
  Elitepeople or organizations are considered to be the best of their kind.
  1. ...the elite troops of the President's bodyguard.
     精锐的总统卫队

双语例句

• It has worked for years, but now even the elites are complaining about corruption and inequality.
  多年来，这套制度还算奏效，。但现在，就连精英阶层也开始抱怨腐败和不平等问题。
• Well, so much for the elites.
  好了，不说精英了。
• In other words, we need to reproduce the Chinese, Malay and Indian elites in the next generation.
  换句话说，我们需要为下一代，不断培育各有专长的马来族，印度族和华族精英。
• When they grow up, they are not only the social elites, but also our national backbone.
  他们长大了不仅是社会的精英，也是国家的栋梁。
• In the new context, the relation and interaction between elites and grassroots overturns.
  在新语境下，精英与草根的位格关系和互动结构，都发生了颠覆式的变化。
• The political elites of the eurozone periphery are responsible for having lost access to the financial markets in 2010.
  欧元区外围国家的政治精英应该对他们2010年无法再进入金融市场负责。
• The result is that numerous colleges have narrowed the gap with the elites.
  其结果就是越来越多的大学缩短了与精英大学的差距。
• A widening gap between the electorate and the elites threatens the fragile compact at the heart of free societies.
  选民和精英阶层之间日渐扩大的鸿沟，威胁着处于自由社会中心的脆弱契约。
• Russia's friendship with China is not just a ploy by their elites.
  俄罗斯和中国的友谊不仅仅是它们的精英所布下的策略。
• Both citizens and elites in Europe seem to feel the need to stop this nonsense.
  欧洲民众和精英们似乎都感到有必要停止这种蠢行。