elite
elite 英 [eɪˈli:t] 美 [ɪˈlit, eˈlit]
n. 精英；精华
名词复数:elites
- The elite are the group thought to be the best and having the highest status. In the middle ages, only elite men were taught to read and write.
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- n. 精英；精华
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1. a member of the ruling elite
上层统治集团的成员
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2. Public opinion is influenced by the small elite who control the media.
舆论为少数控制着新闻媒介的上层人士所左右。
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3. an elite group of senior officials
一批出类拔萃的高级官员
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4. an elite military academy
精英官事学院
- 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.
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