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。
• Their ruling elites are directly enriched by globalisation.
  这些国家的统治精英也直接因全球化而致富。
• Political and business elites will oppose policies that might slow their part of the economy.
  如果相关政策可能降低自己领域的经济增长，政界和商界精英将会表示反对。
• 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。
• If elites fail, they risk being replaced.
  如果精英们失败了，他们就有可能被取代。
• 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。
• The discrediting of the technocratic elites and of EU institutions would leave a space for populist politicians to exploit.
  技术官僚精英和欧盟（eu）机构的失信，将给民粹主义政客带来可乘之机。
• The replacement of failed economic, bureaucratic and intellectual elites is always fraught.
  取代失败的经济、政治和学术精英的过程永远充满风险。
• Asian elites have always looked at the world differently from Western elites.
  亚洲精英看待世界的方式一直与西方精英不同。
• 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。