| 单词 | oligarchy |
| 释义 | oligarchy (once / 3045 pages) n Does it ever feel like just a few people have all the power? If it's a government that's run like this, it's an oligarchy. A country that has this form of government is an oligarchy too. The political term, oligarchy, comes to English from the Greek with its meaning intact - a form of government run by a small number of people such as wealthy landowners, royalty or powerful military figures. If you say that you can't fight the oligarchy, you mean the leaders of such a place. Sometimes the word refers to the few powerful people in charge of a large company or system. A financial oligarchy might try to block reform. WORD FAMILYoligarchy: oligarchical, oligarchies USAGE EXAMPLESHis behavior and cabinet choices reek with the stench of authoritarianism and oligarchy. Salon(Dec 17, 2016) But it isn’t only that there is a collective lack of experience and a pattern of oligarchy. Salon(Dec 17, 2016) Trump's choices of several billionaires, corporate cronies, his kids and including a bunch of generals puts us in oligarchy territory now. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) n a political system governed by a few people one of his cardinal convictions was that Britain was not run as a democracy but as an oligarchy the big cities were notoriously in the hands of the oligarchy of local businessmen Hyper form of government, political system the members of a social organization who are in power |
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