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单词 plutocracy
释义
plutocracy
noun
uk
/pluːˈtɒk.rə.si/us
/pluːˈtɑː.krə.si/

plutocracynoun(SYSTEM)

[U]
asystemofgovernmentin which therichestpeoplein acountryruleor havepower:
财阀当政，富豪统治
It'stimewe put an end to plutocracy.到了该终结财阀统治的时候了。
[C]
acountrywhere therichestpeoplehavepower
富豪（或财阀）统治的国家
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Systems of government
  • a reign of terroridiom
  • absolutism
  • ancien régime
  • anti-apartheid
  • anti-communism
  • anti-federalist
  • democratically
  • democratization
  • democratize
  • despotic
  • despotically
  • majority rule
  • martial law
  • matriarchal
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plutocracynoun(PEOPLE)

[S,+ sing/pl verb]
therichestpeoplein acountrywho havepowerin it
富豪（或财阀）统治阶级
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Rich people
  • baller
  • beautiful
  • champagne socialist
  • deb
  • elite
  • gilded
  • jet-setter
  • laird
  • millionairess
  • moneybags
  • multi-millionairess
  • multibillionaire
  • multimillionaire
  • preppy
  • rich
  • socialite
  • squattocracy
  • squillionaire
  • the beautiful peopleidiom
  • the jet set
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(Definition ofplutocracyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofplutocracy

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Before the week after next —though not if we can help it—he will he guided by a sort of neo-plutocracy.
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I cannot help feeling that a meritocracy is a much more dangerous thing than aplutocracy.
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Aplutocracyhas a certain fluidity, where it is possible for people to move from one class to another, which a meritocracy does not have.
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Then theplutocracyand the rulers will make common cause and attack you.
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I would say that we merit the title of aplutocracyif we think that everything can be righted by money.
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However, it is not right that there should be no limit whatever onplutocracyin the pursuit of votes.
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Would it not be aplutocracy?
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The real argument is about those children who, given the economic forces involved, will want to go out into the market to earn money and join the happy teenageplutocracy.
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I do not see muchplutocracythere.
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The exploiters referred to in the stated goals of the committee were capitalists and political allies of what was calledplutocracy.
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He warned that the proper balance between private and public enterprise is menaced by socialism, on the one hand, and byplutocracy, on the other.
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Although aristocratic values permeated traditional elite society, a strong tendency towardplutocracyis indicated by the wealth requirements for census rank.
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Elitists tend to favor systems such as meritocracy, technocracy andplutocracyas opposed to radical democracy, political egalitarianism and populism.
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Executive power and patronage have been used to corrupt our legislatures and defeat the will of the people, andplutocracyhas thereby been enthroned upon the ruins of democracy.
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The cost of political campaigning in representative democracies favors the rich, a form ofplutocracywhere only a very small number of individuals can actually affect government policy.
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