elite

美音：[ɪˈlit] 英音：[ɪˈliːt]

简单释义：

n.精英；精华；杰出人物

网络中坚分子；精锐；菁英

变形：

复数：elites

完整释义：

1.精英;精华;杰出人物
2.一英寸12个字符或1厘米5个字符的打字机规定间距

例句：

Forty years ago they turned against a leftish elite trying to boss them around; now they have had to endure a right-wing version.
四十年前，一位左翼领袖想对他们指手画脚，结果他们就站起来反对；现在他们不得不忍受右翼来指手画脚。
As then, a large part of the elite has realised that the system is ineffective and is no longer willing to defend it.
当时，一大批精英意识到体制失效，并拒绝为其服务。
Because that's the lingra franca of the elite--of business, and of government, and all that sort of thing.
因为这是当时的通用语，精英人士，生意人，政府官员等等，都在使用。
Indeed, the book gives a strong sense of the confidence of the technocratic elite in India's performance and prospects.
事实上，这本书让人强烈感觉到，专家型政治精英们对印度经济现状和前景充满了信心。
Yet I can't help concluding that the upper and upper-middle or "elite" social classes seem to be conspicuously absent.
然而我不得不得出以下结论：上层和中上层阶级，或者说是社会的“精英阶层”，似乎明显缺席。
Even at China's most elite schools, many complain that their curriculum is all about rote learning, with little creativity.
即使在中国最精英学校，许多人都抱怨他们的课程都是死记硬背，很少创造力。
It's appalling to discover that the berets for one of our elite military units were to be manufactured abroad.
一个令人惊愕的发现是：我们精英级军事单位之一的贝雷帽却要在国外制作。
For instance, there are those among the power elite who are not who they seem to be, despite a normal appearance.
例如，那些在拥有权力的精英份子中的一些人，他们并不是看起来的那样，尽管有个普遍的看法。

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