meritocracy

大学

n. 精英领导阶级

发音

UK /mɛɹɪˈtɒkɹəsi/
US /mɛɹəˈtɑkɹəsi/

词形变化

meritocracies 复数 meritocracies

教材释义与例句

名词

英才教育（制度）；精英管理的社会

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Rule by merit and talent.

    精英政治

    精英管理

    任人唯贤

    英才管理

    可数 不可数

    As a small nation without natural resources, Singapore relies on education and meritocracy to develop its economy.

  2. 2.

    A type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

structure ideology

词源

From merit + -o- + -cracy, coined by British sociologist Alan Fox in 1956 in an article in Socialist Commentary from May 1956, used as a derisive term, and popularized by British sociologist Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington in his 1958 book The Rise of the Meritocracy.

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