英语词汇“plutocrat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Ploutos was Greek for "wealth", and Plouton, or Pluto, was one of the names used for the Greek god of the underworld, where all the earth's mineral wealth was stored. So a plutocracy governs or wields power through its money. The economic growth in the U.S. in the late 19th century produced a group of enormously wealthy plutocrats. Huge companies like John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil gained serious political power, and Rockefeller was able to influence lawmakers in states where his businesses operated. For this reason, it was said in 1905 that Ohio and New Jersey were plutocracies, not democracies.

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If only the wealthy can afford to run for public office, are we more a plutocracy than a democracy? corporate greed and America's growing plutocracy

Recent Examples on the Web One school of progressive thought says that America has devolved (once again, perhaps) into a plutocracy.

Katherine Stewart, The New Republic, 11 July 2022 Social equity pits people with very little wealth and clout against the plutocracy that runs the world, with billions of dollars at stake.

Amanda Chicago Lewis, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2022 The battle against plutocracy isn’t going to be won in a single piece of legislation, certainly not one against which Manchin and Sinema hold an effective veto.

John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021 Alas, Biden, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer seem to be at home in the backroom, even as the Democrats squander the opportunity to break the plutocracy -- government of, by, and for the super-rich.

Jeffrey Sachs, CNN, 5 Nov. 2021 Within 40 years, California had created a new plutocracy of Eloi, whose wealth exempted them from all worries about the mundane problems of the distant and despised Morlock others.

Victor Davis Hanson, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2021 In recent decades, as the stock market has soared, the vast fortunes amassed by some members of the plutocracy have largely escaped taxation.

John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 June 2021 Once before, in the aftermath of the Great Depression, similar rhetoric about the dangers of plutocracy helped cement a Democratic majority that endured for decades.

Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2021 Inequality is one of the biggest barriers to a functioning democracy: To turn around a slide into plutocracy, Democrats need to address the fact that two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck right now.

Clio Chang, The New Republic, 9 Jan. 2021 See More

单词	plutocrat
释义	plutocracy noun plu·toc·ra·cy plü-ˈtä-krə-sē plural plutocracies 1 : government by the wealthy 2 : a controlling class of the wealthy plutocrat ˈplü-tə-ˌkrat noun plutocratic ˌplü-tə-ˈkra-tik adjective plutocratically ˌplü-tə-ˈkra-ti-k(ə-)lē adverb Did you know? Ploutos was Greek for "wealth", and Plouton, or Pluto, was one of the names used for the Greek god of the underworld, where all the earth's mineral wealth was stored. So a plutocracy governs or wields power through its money. The economic growth in the U.S. in the late 19th century produced a group of enormously wealthy plutocrats. Huge companies like John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil gained serious political power, and Rockefeller was able to influence lawmakers in states where his businesses operated. For this reason, it was said in 1905 that Ohio and New Jersey were plutocracies, not democracies. Example Sentences If only the wealthy can afford to run for public office, are we more a plutocracy than a democracy? corporate greed and America's growing plutocracy Recent Examples on the Web One school of progressive thought says that America has devolved (once again, perhaps) into a plutocracy. Katherine Stewart, The New Republic, 11 July 2022 Social equity pits people with very little wealth and clout against the plutocracy that runs the world, with billions of dollars at stake. Amanda Chicago Lewis, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2022 The battle against plutocracy isn’t going to be won in a single piece of legislation, certainly not one against which Manchin and Sinema hold an effective veto. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021 Alas, Biden, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer seem to be at home in the backroom, even as the Democrats squander the opportunity to break the plutocracy -- government of, by, and for the super-rich. Jeffrey Sachs, CNN, 5 Nov. 2021 Within 40 years, California had created a new plutocracy of Eloi, whose wealth exempted them from all worries about the mundane problems of the distant and despised Morlock others. Victor Davis Hanson, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2021 In recent decades, as the stock market has soared, the vast fortunes amassed by some members of the plutocracy have largely escaped taxation. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 June 2021 Once before, in the aftermath of the Great Depression, similar rhetoric about the dangers of plutocracy helped cement a Democratic majority that endured for decades. Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2021 Inequality is one of the biggest barriers to a functioning democracy: To turn around a slide into plutocracy, Democrats need to address the fact that two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck right now. Clio Chang, The New Republic, 9 Jan. 2021 See More Word History Etymology Greek ploutokratia, from ploutos wealth; akin to Greek plein to sail, float — more at flow First Known Use 1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1 plutocrat noun as in capitalist a wealthy person the 19th-century plutocrats who built their enormous summer "cottages" in Newport Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance capitalist have moneybags billionaire magnate money tycoon heiress deep pocket silk stocking heir Croesus millionaire multimillionaire fat cat zillionaire multibillionaire gazillionaire nabob moneymaker jeunesse dorée money-spinner multimillionairess jet-setter Antonyms & Near Antonyms pauper beggar bankrupt have-not
随便看	unpermanent unpermissive unpermissivenesses unpermitted unperplex unperplexed unperplexes unperplexing unperson unpersons unpersuadable unpersuadableness unpersuaded unpersuasive unpersuasively unpersuasivenesses unperturbed unperturbedly unperverted unperverting unperverts unpetticoated unphilosophic unphilosophical unphilosophically

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