elite class

基本解释

"It's part of an elite class of giant earthquakes," said USGS geologist Brian Atwater.
美国地质调查局的地质学家布莱恩?阿特沃特说：“这场地震属于超级大地震中的顶尖等级。”
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When the elite class gives the appearance of only two choices on the ballot, we end up voting "against" a candidate far more times than we vote "for" someone.
当精英阶级在选票箱中只设置了两种选择，我们最后选择的并不是我们支持的，更像是选掉我们反对的。
That means the commoditization of elite class at the business level.
这意味着商品化精英阶层在商务层次。

Many in the country's urban elite and middle class routinely use such insults when referring to rural residents.
What else is Yale, but an elite institution intended to educate, morally and intellectually, ? potential members of a leadership class?
耶鲁除了是精英学院,在道德与智能上用以教育，潜在的领袖阶级成员之外，它还有什么职能？
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They did this because they didn't want the upper-class in Rome, who were the elite, they didn't want any one household, or any small group of households, to become too powerful.
因为他们不想罗马的上层阶级，即精英阶层，一户独大。
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And there is no news here: For decades, this elite class has generally cherished a sneering and jingoistic contempt for America and for American values.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy