Elite



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• n.精华, 中坚
• ［英］ n.精华, 中坚 ( the group regarded as the best and most powerful)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: French élite, from Old French eslite, from feminine of eslit, past participle of eslire to choose, from Latin eligere
• Date: 1823
• 1.
  • a. singular or plural in construction the choice part ; cream <the elite of the entertainment world>
  • b. singular or plural in construction the best of a class <superachievers who dominate the computer elite — Marilyn Chase>
  • c. singular or plural in construction the socially superior part of society <how the elite live — A P World><how the French-speaking elite…was changing — Economist>
  • d. a group of persons who by virtue of position or education exercise much power or influence <members of the ruling elite><the intellectual elites of the country>
  • e. a member of such an elite — usually used in plural<the elites…, pursuing their studies in Europe — Robert Wernick>
• 2. a typewriter type providing 12 characters to the linear inch
• ? elite adjective

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