elite

英 [[e??li?t]] 美[??li?t]

近義詞cream

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復(fù)數(shù):?elites;

elite 精英

來自法語。e-, 向外。-lit, 選出，字母c脫落，詞源同eligible, elect.

élite: élite: see elect
elite (n.): "a choice or select body, the best part," 1823, from French élite "selection, choice," from Old French eslite (12c.), fem. past participle of elire, elisre "pick out, choose," from Latin eligere "choose" (see election). Borrowed in Middle English as "chosen person" (late 14c.), especially a bishop-elect; died out mid-15c.; re-introduced by Byron's "Don Juan." As an adjective by 1852. As a typeface, first recorded 1920.

1. They were, by and large, a very wealthy, privileged elite.: 他們基本上是一些非常有錢有勢(shì)的精英。

2. Only the educational elite go 〔 goes 〕 to Oxford or Cambridge.: 只有學(xué)業(yè)上的精英才能上牛津或劍橋大學(xué).

3. The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.: 政府內(nèi)部的一群握有實(shí)權(quán)的精英控制著對(duì)外政策.

4. Dr Russel is creating an elite herd by cross-breeding goats from around the globe.: 拉塞爾博士正通過把全球各地的山羊品種進(jìn)行雜交來培育一個(gè)優(yōu)良種群。

5. A tiny, educated elite profited from the misery of their two million fellow countrymen.: 一小撮受過良好教育的精英分子從他們200萬同胞的貧苦生活中獲取利益。