| 单词 | elite |
| 释义 | elite (ɪliːt , eɪ- ) Word forms: elites 1. countable noun You can refer to the most powerful, rich, or talented people within a particular group, place, or society as the elite. ...a government comprised mainly of the elite. We have a political elite in this country. Synonyms: aristocracy, best, pick, elect 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Elite people or organizations are considered to be the best of their kind. ...the elite troops of the President's bodyguard. Synonyms: leading, best, finest, pick Collocations: academic elite Are they in the academic elite? Times,Sunday Times If we are not careful that rare, sought-after species, the student from disadvantaged circumstances, may become even more endangered, and, among the academic elite, threatened with extinction. Times, Sunday Times The row illustrates the standards demanded and the tensions that can accompany life in secondary schools that cater for the academic elite. Times, Sunday Times She was a prolific author, and had achieved success and acceptance by the intellectual and academic elite relatively early in life, but in 1971 everything changed. Times, Sunday Times Editorial quality and financial support have varied over the years, at times rising among elite college newspapers and at others struggling to publish. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In many respects, the intercollegiate sports level serves as a feeder system to the professional level, as the elite college athletes are chosen to compete at the next level. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Costs at elite colleges have risen 4 times faster than inflation over the past 20 years. Times, Sunday Times This debate has caused certain elite colleges to take caution asking athletes to sign forms that prevent them from suing the college. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Elite colleges have been compared to designer labels, a valuable credential in the job market, and an entryway into top graduate schools. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I served 20-plus years with the world's greatest elite force. The Sun What's the point of having an elite force if we are not prepared to fund it properly? The Sun It was both an elite force that protected the emperor and a roaming field unit. Times, Sunday Times They were the second ranked in order within an army and generally considered an elite force. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Numbering more than 3,000 at peak the division was considered the elite force of the revolution. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This small, elite group can command very high salaries, which continue to grow. Times, Sunday Times (2013) They can then choose an elite group from within that elite. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Soaring London property values helped to boost the overall wealth of the elite group. Times, Sunday Times (2014) If they want to get into this elite group, time is not on their side. Times, Sunday Times (2006) But, arguably, uncontested scrums have been as great a blot on the game for the past few seasons, at elite level. Times, Sunday Times What performer at the elite level of his sport would not feel inferior to such a mesmerising talent? Times, Sunday Times Interestingly, neither the regular unsettling of the scrum nor the use of 'ping-pong' tactics are features below the elite level of the game. Times, Sunday Times I don't know any country in the world that could spread its talent so thin and expect it to be of an elite level. Times, Sunday Times At the elite level, unless you hit rarefied physical criteria, you might as well not bother pulling on a pair of boots. Times, Sunday Times We have to be patient, work hard and see who will be the next elite player. Times, Sunday Times Harsh, as he was an elite player for two decades. The Sun Any elite player would have been proud of the finish. Times, Sunday Times They have spent money but not on anyone that could be considered an elite player. Times, Sunday Times Does he truly possess the quality of an elite player? The Sun This compares with 2 per cent of the general population that attended an elite school. Times, Sunday Times She was widely regarded as an excellent swimmer at the elite school. SA Star It was an elite school that pupils from poorer families, no matter how gifted, could only access with the help of the school's 'fi nancial aid' endowments. Times, Sunday Times Ten years ago, a student might easily get in to an elite school with 80 per cent. Globe and Mail However, when examination time rolls around, the slacker will be admitted into an elite school while his or her friends will drop behind. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A symbol for the spiritual bankruptcy of elite society (which we saw contrasted with despair on the streets)? Times, Sunday Times For a man who had spent his life at the centre of elite society, the criminal accusation hit him hard. The Sun Debutantes may be recommended by a distinguished committee or sponsored by an established member of elite society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He had in earnest turned away from the frivolity common to elite society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During this period, an elite society supported by skillful farmers constructed a town. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The news will be confirmed tomorrow when the head coach announces his updated elite squad. Times, Sunday Times They need to change the agreement so the elite squad can contain 40 players, to allow for a raffish element. Times, Sunday Times The management have slammed a door in his face even as they officially welcome him into the elite squad. Times, Sunday Times Six years later he joined the company's 10-strong elite squad who dreamed up designs for new naval and merchant vessels. Times, Sunday Times The elite squad will remain at 33 and will merely be a box-ticking exercise to meet the demands of the agreement between the union and clubs. Times, Sunday Times The carefully planned mission quickly changed after one of the two helicopters transporting the elite team to their target crash-landed. The Sun Does any member of the elite team know where that came from? The Times Literary Supplement They must evade capture by an elite team, including former police and intelligence officers. The Sun This gets you noticed by an elite team. The Sun They are not an elite team. Times, Sunday Times It has also taken to building elaborate underground bunkers to evade capture, making pursuit of its members a trial for the elite unit charged with bringing them to justice. Times, Sunday Times A disgraced cop redeems himself by joining an elite unit charged with guarding a notorious prisoner. The Sun Or that the elite unit, when they did arrive, piled into their dinghy with such weight, they grounded it. Times, Sunday Times This elite unit existed between 1016 and 1066. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many of the members of this elite unit were arrested. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most of the intellectual elite of this country, in fact, completely disavow the idea of absolute truth. Christianity Today We have a year or two at most to rescue the concept of an intellectual elite from egalitarian opprobrium. Times, Sunday Times For the next three decades it had no more than 300 members and focused on publishing pamphlets and debating within the country's intellectual elite. Times, Sunday Times One discussion forum on an internet site that was aimed at the country's intellectual elite had to be shut down amid a tide of insults. Times, Sunday Times That nurturing of the intellectual elite will produce greater long-term rewards than pumping wasted millions into third-rate universities. Times, Sunday Times On the one hand, the landed elite retained disproportionate influence. Times, Sunday Times The landed elite replaced this crop with a newly demanded product, coffee. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The reforms failed, thanks to opposition from the landed elite, reinforcing the widespread discontent with the government. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The president, selected from the landed elite, was also granted significant power throughout. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Obstacles to this program included foreign imperialists, the landed elites, and tribal leaders. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If anything, our political and media elite need more diversity to give them some backbone. Times, Sunday Times If the political and media elite think the majority of us are wrong, inhumane or barbaric, why not let us all have a free vote and stand by the verdict? The Sun The liberal media elite membership will tip them over the edge. Times, Sunday Times Our political, intellectual and media elites ponder this turn of events with a disdainful eye. Times, Sunday Times Our financial, political, business and media elites are under attack as never before. Times, Sunday Times Too many of our political elite are in denial about the referendum result. The Sun (2016) After the election the political elite will pull the strings of these puppets as it suits them. The Sun (2016) Public anger was directed against the country 's political elite. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Europe's political elite is wrong too. Times, Sunday Times (2011) At the top, the generals formed part of the social and political elite. A Social History of Modern Spain (1991) Fashion design, she feared, would become the pastime of a privileged elite. Times, Sunday Times Regarded once as a sport for the privileged elite, there were only 20 courts in the country 15 years ago. Times, Sunday Times The 'information age' provides a platform for disseminating ideas that earlier intellectuals, drawn from and usually addressing a privileged elite, could never have imagined. Times, Sunday Times In depressingly familiar style the president's family and cronies formed a privileged elite. Times, Sunday Times He rejects any conservative or libertarian solution: a smaller 'nightwatchman' state would be unable to prevent the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a privileged elite. Times, Sunday Times The game's ruling elite have seen their position as a passport to personal advancement. The Sun (2015) Huge balloon-like puppets, effigies of the old ruling elite, swung from the rafters. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE But sanctions have not curbed the extravagant tastes of some within the ruling elite. Times, Sunday Times (2013) When politicians deal in such blatant hypocrisy, is it any wonder that our ruling elite are trying to control what we print? The Sun (2014) They highlight the growth of a pursuit once confined to a narrow social elite. Times, Sunday Times This self-replicating system preserves not an intellectual but a social elite that networks within itself. The Times Literary Supplement Not only did the emperor survive, but so did the country's social elite. Times, Sunday Times Bronze bowls at the feet of the skeletons 'identified them as belonging to the social elite — they had the bowls to wash their hands before dining'. Times, Sunday Times Here, equally, the social elite found it essential to display their wealth and status. The Times Literary Supplement The opposition too must broaden its support from a narrow, if influential, segment of the urban elite. Times, Sunday Times The only people who benefited from such projects, he insisted, were the urban elite and rich farmers. Times, Sunday Times Western influence was largely restricted to an urban elite. Times, Sunday Times Instead, it was the educated urban elite which agitated for freedom. The Times Literary Supplement With stylish shops and cafes, it became something of a meeting place for the young urban elite. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While relief supplies are not getting through to the destitute millions, the political rulers and wealthy elite stand accused of self-interest, incompetence and corruption. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Fairness matters - but for him it is less about income inequality than the actions of a wealthy elite. Times, Sunday Times (2016) A wealthy elite who have lived their entire adult lives in the political bubble. The Sun (2014) This is not a tax on the wealthy elite, but will hit middle Britain. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Translations: Chinese: 精英, 精英的 Japanese: エリート, エリートの |
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