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

• Well, so much for the elites.
  好了，不说精英了。
• 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。
• It comes from our emulative spirit, pursuing the our best destination and the connection with world's elites.
  来源于我们都不服输的精神，来源于我们渴望更好的目标，来源于我们与优秀的人的接触。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• So, in the new positive-sum world, elites were willing to tolerate the enfranchisement of the masses.
  因此，在这个新的正和世界里，精英们愿意容忍普罗大众得到解放。
• 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。
• If elites fail, they risk being replaced.
  如果精英们失败了，他们就有可能被取代。
• Mr Thornton also wants to sensitise western elites to China and to Chinese history.
  桑顿先生也希望西方精英人物能对中国和中国历史有更多了解。