单词 | elite |
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音标 | [ei'li:t] |
解释 | n.精华,中坚 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n.精华, 中坚(the group regarded as the best and most powerful) |
字源 | elite (n.) 1823, from French élite "selection, choice," from Old French eslite (12c.), fem. past participle of elire, elisre "pick out, choose," from Latin eligere "choose" (see election). Borrowed in Middle English as "chosen person" (late 14c.), especially a bishop-elect; died out mid-15c.; re-introduced by Byron's "Don Juan." As an adjective by 1852. As a typeface, first recorded 1920. |
不择手段背单词 | n. 精华, 中坚 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】源自elect, lit, light过去分词,亮光,elect选举出来的light耀眼的名人们 |
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