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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。
寡头政治
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寡头政治
oligarchy
The country was an oligarchy for decades.
这个国家几十年来一直是寡头政治。
少数人(常为贵族、富人及其亲信)统治的政府
A government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates.
由少数人统治的政治制度
a political system governed by a few people
实行寡头统治的国家
A state ruled by such a government.
寡头统治集团的成员
Those who make up an oligarchic government.
The country was an oligarchy for decades before the democratic reforms.
在民主改革之前，这个国家几十年来一直是寡头政治。
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Under an oligarchy, only a few wealthy families hold real power.
在寡头政治下，只有少数富裕家族掌握真正的权力。
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Oligarchies tend to ignore the needs of ordinary citizens.
寡头政治往往忽视普通公民的需求。
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one of his cardinal convictions was that Britain was not run as a democracy but as an oligarchy
他的核心信念之一是,英国并非按民主制运行,而是按寡头制运行。
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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 表示“在…体制下”，常与政权或政治体制名词连用。
Citizens had little say under an oligarchy.
在寡头政治下，公民几乎没有发言权。
复数形式 oligarchies 可直接作主语，后接复数动词，用于一般性陈述。
Oligarchies are often unstable.
寡头政治往往不稳定。
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The country has an oligarchy government.
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The country has an oligarchic government.
oligarchy 是名词，意为“寡头政治”；修饰 government 时应用形容词 oligarchic。虽然名词可以作定语，但 oligarchy government 不是惯用搭配，应改为 oligarchic government。
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The mobile phone market is an oligarchy.
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The mobile phone market is an oligopoly.
oligarchy 指“寡头政治”（少数人统治的政体），指少数公司垄断市场的经济现象时应用 oligopoly（寡头垄断）。两个词中文都可译成“寡头”，但领域不同。
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Many oligarchy existed in ancient Greece.
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Many oligarchies existed in ancient Greece.
oligarchy 表示“寡头政治（制度）”时是可数名词，其复数形式为 oligarchies；many 后不能用单数可数名词，需把 oligarchy 改为复数。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
推翻寡头统治
The protesters aimed to overthrow the oligarchy.
抗议者旨在推翻寡头统治。
谁谈到组织，谁就谈到寡头政治。
Robert Michels used this line to describe his 'iron law of oligarchy' — the tendency of any organization to be run by a few.
罗伯特·米歇尔斯用这句话描述他的“寡头统治铁律”——任何组织都有被少数人掌控的趋势。
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记忆联想：想象少数几个寡头围坐执政，oligarchy 就是“寡头政治”。
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。
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。
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