单词 | elite |
释义 | elite[ei'li:t]n. 精华, 精锐, 中坚分子 elite elite 或 é.lite AHD: [¹-l¶t“, ³-l¶t“] D.J. [!6li8t, e!6li8t]K.K. [!6lit, e6lit]n.(名词) 【复数】 elite 或 e.lites 1. A group or class of persons or a member of such a group or class, enjoying superior intellectual, social, or economic status:精英,杰出人物:具有超人的智力、社会、或经济地位的一群或一类人或这群或这类人中的一员:“In addition to notions of social equality there was much emphasis on the role of elites and of heroes within them”(&b{Times Literary Supplement})“除了社会平等概念之外还强调其中精英们和英雄们所起的作用”(时代文学增刊)2. The best or most skilled members of a group:主力:在一群中最好或最有技巧的成员:the football team's elite.足球队的主力3. A size of type on a typewriter, equal to 12 characters per linear inch.一种打字机字型尺寸,每英寸为12个字语源:1. French élite 法语 élite 2. from Old French eslite [from feminine past participle of] eslire [to choose] 源自 古法语 eslite [] 源自eslire的阴性过去分词 [选择] 3. from Latin ¶ligere * see elect 源自 拉丁语 ¶ligere *参见 elect继承用法:elite“ adj.(形容词) |
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