elite

名词 elite:

1. a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
   同义词：elite group

形容词 elite:

1. selected as the best
   同义词：elect

1. A member of a group of elite, highly loyal supporters.
   禁卫军一支精锐的皇家军队中的成员

elite 或 é.lite

n.（名词）
【复数】 elite 或 e.lites

A group or class of persons or a member of such a group or class, enjoying superior intellectual, social, or economic status:
精英，杰出人物：具有超人的智力、社会、或经济地位的一群或一类人或这群或这类人中的一员：
例句：
.In addition to notions of social equality there was much emphasis on the role of elites and of heroes within them.(Times Literary Supplement)
.除了社会平等概念之外还强调其中精英们和英雄们所起的作用.(时代文学增刊)

The best or most skilled members of a group:
主力：在一群中最好或最有技巧的成员：
例句：
the football team`s elite.
足球队的主力

A size of type on a typewriter, equal to 2 characters per linear inch.
一种打字机字型尺寸，每英寸为2个字

来源：
French élite
法语 élite
from Old French eslite [from feminine past participle of] eslire [to choose]
源自 古法语 eslite [] 源自eslire的阴性过去分词 [选择]
from Latin ôligere * see elect
源自 拉丁语 ôligere *参见 elect

【引伸】
elite.
adj.（形容词）