plutocracy
英 [pluː'tɒkrəsɪ]
美[plu'tɑkrəsi]
- n. 富豪统治，富豪统治集团
词态变化
复数: plutocracies;
中文词源
plutocracy 财阀统治
pluto-,财富，-cracy,统治，词源同democracy.
英文词源
- plutocracy (n.)
- 1650s, from Greek ploutokratia "rule or power of the wealthy or of wealth," from ploutos "wealth" (see Pluto) + -kratia "rule" (see -cracy). Synonym plutarchy is slightly older (1640s). Pluto-democracy "plutocracy masquerading as democracy" is from 1895.
双语例句
- 1. Financial, not moral, considerations will prevail in a plutocracy.
- 在富豪当政的国家里，人们见利忘义。
来自辞典例句
- 2. The most prolific of the debunkers of the plutocracy was Gustavus Myers.
- 揭发富豪统治集团的作家中,最多产的是古斯塔夫斯·迈尔斯.
来自辞典例句
- 3. If only millionaires can afford to run for office, we shall quickly become a plutocracy.
- 如果只有大富豪才负担得起公职的竞选, 我们将很快变成富豪政治.
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