| 单词 | elite |
| 释义 | elite (once / 1044 pages) nadj 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. There are elite schools, elite teams, and elite players, some really the best and some just calling themselves the best. Who can join the basketball elite besides LeBron James and Michael Jordan? That's a matter of opinion. Elite is used with a singular or plural verb, depending on whether these special people are considered together as a group or as individual members of a group. WORD FAMILYelite: elitely, elites, elitism+/elitism: elitist/elitist: elitists USAGE EXAMPLESThe venue, called Reina, is perched on the Bosporus and is popular with Istanbul’s elite, including musicians and soccer players. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) To them, undomesticated crassness meant that he wasn’t one of the intelligentsia or the political elite. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Williams said Pickens’ comments about the fired employees “not fitting in” reinforces a long history of African-Americans not being allowed into elite, private-club settings. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper elite group Ferdinand and Isabella joint monarchs of Spain; Ferdinand V and Isabella I William and Maryjoint monarchs of England; William III and Mary II chosen, elect an exclusive group of people cream, pickthe best people or things in a group clerisy, intelligentsiaan educated and intellectual elite beau monde, bon ton, high society, smart set, societythe fashionable elite fewa small elite group aristocracy, nobilitya privileged class holding hereditary titles culturatipeople interested in culture and cultural activities literatithe literary intelligentsia noblessemembers of the nobility (especially of the French nobility) baronage, peeragethe peers of a kingdom considered as a group baronetagethe collective body of baronets knighthoodaristocrats holding the rank of knight samuraifeudal Japanese military aristocracy upper class, upper crust the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy 2adj selected as the best elite colleges Syn elect selected chosen in preference to another |
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