intelligentsia
/ɪnˌtelɪˈdʒentsɪə/noun
(一般作the intelligentsia)［treated as sing. or pl.］
- intellectuals or highly educated people as a group, especially when regarded as possessing culture and political influence（尤指文化、政治方面有影响的）知识阶层, 知识界。
词源
early 20th cent.: from Russian intelligentsiya, from Polish inteligencja, from Latin intelligentia （see INTELLIGENCE）.