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

• 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。
• Serfs and slaves need no longer satisfy the appetites of narrow elites.
  农奴和奴隶不再需要满足少数精英群体的要求。
• All citizens should be able to challenge the narratives held by elites.
  所有公民都应当能够质疑社会精英所持的观点。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But it is spreading rapidly among the middle classes and the elites.
  但是，它是在中产阶级和精英阶层当中迅速传播的。
• 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。