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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If elites fail, they risk being replaced.
  如果精英们失败了，他们就有可能被取代。
• A seat on a Tsinghua advisory board offers Western executives an opportunity to mix with Chinese elites.
  清华大学顾问委员会的一个席位可以给西方高管提供一个与中国精英接触的机会。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The changes about Russian political system provide space for elites and masses to affect its diplomacy.
  俄罗斯政治体制的变化为精英和大众提供了影响外交的空间。