Word · Frequency #22898
oligarchies
寡头政治
oligarchies is the plural of oligarchy.
oligarchy
- 1.
A government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates.
少数人(常为贵族、富人及其亲信)统治的政府
- 2.
a political system governed by a few people
由少数人统治的政治制度
- 3.
A state ruled by such a government.
实行寡头统治的国家
- 4.
Those who make up an oligarchic government.
寡头统治集团的成员
少数人(常为贵族、富人及其亲信)统治的政府；由少数人统治的政治制度；实行寡头统治的国家；寡头统治集团的成员
In use
The country was an oligarchy for decades before the democratic reforms.
Under an oligarchy, only a few wealthy families hold real power.
Oligarchies tend to ignore the needs of ordinary citizens.
one of his cardinal convictions was that Britain was not run as a democracy but as an oligarchy
the big cities were notoriously in the hands of the oligarchy of local businessmen
be an oligarchy
oligarchy 是可数名词，指由少数人统治的政治体制，可用不定冠词；复数形式是 oligarchies。
The country was an oligarchy for decades.
这个国家几十年来一直是寡头政治。
under an oligarchy
under 表示“在…体制下”，常与政权或政治体制名词连用。
Connections
Collocations
- ruling oligarchy
- 执政寡头集团
- The ruling oligarchy refused to hold free elections.执政寡头集团拒绝举行自由选举。
- financial oligarchy
- 金融寡头统治
- Critics say the country has become a financial oligarchy.批评者称该国已变成金融寡头统治。
- political oligarchy
- 政治寡头统治
- A political oligarchy controlled every branch of government.政治寡头统治控制着政府的每一个部门。
- corporate oligarchy
- 企业寡头统治
- Many voters feel threatened by a corporate oligarchy.许多选民感到受到企业寡头统治的威胁。
- overthrow the oligarchy
- 推翻寡头统治
- The protesters aimed to overthrow the oligarchy.抗议者旨在推翻寡头统治。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：想象少数几个寡头围坐执政，oligarchy 就是“寡头政治”。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：political analysis、academic writing、news reports 通常用于正式或学术语境，多出现在政治、历史等话题的讨论中，日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
押韵说明：hierarchy、patriarchy、matriarchy 的最后重读音节 /ɑrki/ 与 oligarchy 的 -garchy /ɡɑrki/ 押韵，均以 /ɑrki/ 收尾；monarchy 和 anarchy 虽也以 -archy 结尾，但读作 /ərki/，与 oligarchy 不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.