meritocracy
英 [,merɪ'tɒkrəsɪ]
美['mɛrɪ'tɑkrəsi]
- n. 英才教育（制度）；精英管理的社会
英英释意
- 1. a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
- 2. the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth