plutocracy是什么意思？

plutocracy

英[plu:ˈtɒkrəsi] 美[pluˈtɑkrəsi]

• n. 富豪统治，财阀统治，富豪[财阀]统治集团，富豪，财阀；

复数：plutocracies;

例句

• If only millionaires can afford to run for office, we shall quickly become a plutocracy. 如果只有大富豪才负担得起公职的竞选, 我们将很快变成富豪政治.
• The most prolific of the debunkers of the plutocracy was Gustavus Myers. 揭发富豪统治集团的作家中,最多产的是古斯塔夫斯·迈尔斯.
• Financial, not moral, considerations will prevail in a plutocracy. 在富豪当政的国家里，人们见利忘义。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  富豪（或财阀）统治的国家；富豪（或财阀）统治阶级
  A plutocracy is a country which is ruled by its wealthiest people, or a class of wealthy people who rule a country.
  例句
  Financial, not moral, considerations will prevail in a plutocracy. 在富豪当政的国家里，人们见利忘义。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a political system governed by the wealthy people