oligarchy
/ˈɒlɪgɑːkɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1- a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution寡头统治集团：
the ruling oligarchy of military men around the president.
总统身边的军事寡头统治集团。
1.1
- a state governed by such a group寡头统治国家：
he believed that Britain was an oligarchy.
他认为英国是一个寡头统治的国家。
1.2
- mass noun government by such a group寡头政府。
派生词
oligarchic
adjectiveoligarchical
adjectiveoligarchically
adverb词源
late 15th cent.: from Greek oligarkhia (probably via medieval Latin).