- a small group of people in a society, etc. who are powerful and have a lot of influence, because they are rich, intelligent, etc.上层集团；（统称）掌权人物，社会精英
- a member of the ruling/intellectual elite上层统治集团的成员；知识界的精英
- Public opinion is influenced by the small elite who control the media.舆论为少数控制着新闻媒介的上层人士所左右。🔊🔊
- In these countries, only the elite can afford an education for their children.在这些国家，只有上层人士才供得起子女上学。🔊🔊
Extra Examples- He was an influential member of the ruling elite.他是统治集团中的权势人物。
- These people form an elite who have the power to make decisions.这些人构成了有决定权的精英集团。
- a club for members of the business elite商界精英俱乐部
- the European Union's technocratic elites欧盟技术官僚精英
- Cultural centres should not just be for the use of a social elite.文化中心不仅仅应该用于社会精英。
- He came from the country's intellectual elite.他属于这个国家的知识界精英。
- The global elite has held meetings there since 1873.自1873年以来，全球精英一直在这里举行会议。
- The election result was seen as a backlash of the working class against the metropolitan liberal elite.选举结果被视为工人阶级对大都会自由派精英的强烈反对。
Topics Social issuesc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + elitephrasesSee full entry - a group of people with the greatest ability at the highest level of competition, especially in sport
- The club has returned to the elite of European football.俱乐部已重返欧洲足球精英。
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French élite ‘selection, choice’, from élire ‘to elect’, from a variant of Latin eligere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + legere ‘to pick’.