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Elite People Group Considered Ei'li:T N.[法][集合名词]精华,精锐,中坚分子 Thought Highest

英语单词 elite
英美音标 [ei'li:t]
中文释义 n.[法][集合名词]精华,精锐,中坚分子
vocab简明 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.
vocab扩展 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.
真题原句 Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite, these were stores ―anyone could enter, regardless of class or background.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]精英;杰出人物 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...

    主要由精英组成的政府

  • We have a political elite in this country.

    我们国家有一群政治精英。

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]精英的;精锐的;最优秀的 Elite people or organizations are considered to be the best of their kind.
  [ADJ n]
  • ...the elite troops of the President's bodyguard.

    精锐的总统卫队

来源 2006.1

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