释义 |
‖ vlast, n.|vlast| Pl. vlasti. [Russ. vlast′.] In Russia and formerly in the Soviet Union: power, esp. political power. Also concr. in collect. pl., those in authority; the government, the establishment.
1959J. Boland Operation Red Carpet i. 7 The Council..consisted of men who were directors of the various departments of the government and so represented the real vlast—the real ‘power’—behind the front men in public office. 1972Ld. Gladwyn Mem. 30 It is not as if Russia and the West do not share much cultural heritage; it is simply that..the attitude of the Russian towards the central power, or vlast, is of a different order. 1980G. Lancaster Seward's Folly v. 54 In the educational world he was important, part of the vlasti, and that counted for more than money. 1984M. H. Cooper To ride Tiger ii. 23 The gamekeepers walking well in front of the vlasti, the ‘high ups’. |