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

• 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。
• 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。
• Hunger that most traditional threat to ruling elites is returning to many countries that have embraced globalisation.
  作为对统治精英最为传统的威胁，饥饿正在许多拥抱全球化的国家重现。
• 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。
• 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。
• The third generation of foreign language talents will be advanced and innovative elites.
  第三代外语人才将是尖端的、精英式的创新型人才。
• Well, so much for the elites.
  好了，不说精英了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。