英语词汇“elite”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

e·lite or é·lite

(ĭ-lēt, ā-lēt)

n. pl. elite or e·lites or élite or é·lites

a. A group or class of persons considered to be superior to others because of their intelligence, social standing, or wealth: "Auguste Comte ... believed that in the age of science society should be ruled by an elite of scientists" (Lewis A. Coser).

b. A member of such a group: "Elites don't grant us [sociologists] interviews. They don't let us hang out at their country clubs" (Sudhir Venkatesh).

c. The best or most skilled members of a group: the elite of professional tennis.

2. A size of type on a typewriter, equal to 12 characters per linear inch.

[French élite, from Old French eslite, from feminine past participle of eslire, to choose, from Latin ēligere; see ELECT.]

e·lite adj.

单词	elite
释义	e·lite or é·lite (ĭ-lēt, ā-lēt) n. pl. elite or e·lites or élite or é·lites 1. a. A group or class of persons considered to be superior to others because of their intelligence, social standing, or wealth: "Auguste Comte ... believed that in the age of science society should be ruled by an elite of scientists" (Lewis A. Coser). b. A member of such a group: "Elites don't grant us [sociologists] interviews. They don't let us hang out at their country clubs" (Sudhir Venkatesh). c. The best or most skilled members of a group: the elite of professional tennis. 2. A size of type on a typewriter, equal to 12 characters per linear inch. [French élite, from Old French eslite, from feminine past participle of eslire, to choose, from Latin ēligere; see ELECT.] e·lite adj.
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