| 单词 | plutocrat |
| 释义 | plutocrat noun[C] uk/ˈpluː.tə.kræt/us/ˈpluː.t̬ə.kræt/someone whobecomespowerfulbecause they arerich: 富豪，财阀Thecountryhaslongbeenrunby plutocrats.该国长期以来一直受财阀统治。 Powerful people & dictators
Examplesofplutocratplutocrat Initially it was an economic institution designed to curb the power of plutocrats who were manipulating medicinal drug markets in their favor. From theCambridge English Corpus He is not only aplutocrat; he is an acrobat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are here not in the interests of the farmers, but in the interests of the plutocrats, the reactionaries, and the landlords. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the truth is that there is no phalanx of plutocrats waiting to be milked in order to distribute extra resources to the poor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, we have been told that he now has a private aeroplane, because he has been sponsored by some wealthy aeroplane-owningplutocrat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are now in the age when plutocrats and commercials have got their sway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Not many years ago anybody who possessed a motor car of any kind was regarded as a millionaireplutocrat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not saying that we should turn ourselves into plutocrats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not all rich, prosperous, bloated plutocrats but people who are desperately trying to run businesses in a difficult climate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of these people who have received honours have no earthly right to them except that they were lucky enough to be plutocrats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is only a very small number of the self-employed who are top-hatted and cigar smoking plutocrats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should overseas plutocrats take such an interest in our affairs to the tune of an estimated £7 million in 1991–92 alone? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The banks take the people's credit and use it for the profit of the plutocrats who own them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Ordinary orchestral players are far from being plutocrats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The man on £33 a week is noplutocratthese days, yet he is expected to bear the brunt of the partial income redistribution which, in effect, the scheme brings about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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