oligarchy
UK/'ɒligɑ:ki/US
GREC2
释义
n.
A form of government in which power is held by a small group of people.
寡头政治，寡头政体（权力由一小撮人掌握）。
n.
The small group of people who hold such power.
（掌握此种权力的）寡头集团。
词根拆分
词根派生olig-（希腊语 oligos「少」）+ arch（统治）+ -y（制度）= 少数人统治。与 monarchy（一）、anarchy（无）同处一条刻度：前缀数统治者，arch 提供「统治」。
词根 arch 还连着 12 个词常用搭配
- 1.ruling oligarchy执政寡头集团
- 2.corporate oligarchy企业寡头
- 3.narrow oligarchy狭隘的寡头统治
例句
- 1.
Critics say the country is really an oligarchy run by a few rich families.
批评者称这个国家实为由几个富裕家族掌控的寡头政体。
- 2.
Power shifted from a broad democracy toward a narrow oligarchy.
权力从广泛的民主转向了狭隘的寡头统治。
- 3.
Ancient Sparta was governed as an oligarchy.
古代斯巴达以寡头政体治理。