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单词 oligarch
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Definition of oligarch in English:

oligarch

noun ˈɒlɪɡɑːkˈɑləˌɡɑrk
  • 1A ruler in an oligarchy.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These cities were ruled by oligarchs who enjoyed the backing of the Roman authorities.
    • Oligarchs come, oligarchs go, but the true fan can never switch allegiance.
    • Democratic slogans were hypocritically used when they permitted the future oligarchs to proceed with their conquest of property.
    • However, should the city fall into misfortune, the people will blame the rulers and call them oligarchs.
    • First of all, we have been supporting despots, dictators, and oligarchs in all those states for a variety of purposes.
    • Kings and oligarchs are playing their last card: we can prevent their game.
    • The dictatorship of transnational corporations, ruled by financial oligarchs, must be ended.
    • Hoffman's perspective is clearly critical of the oligarchs, but unlike other books about them, his is not a screed.
    • Nevertheless, Hayes had a reputation as a civil-service reformer, so he fought the oligarchs.
    • Sampson sums up this process of enrichment and the creation of a new stratum of financial oligarchs and their impact on society very succinctly.
    • With this sense of national pride in place, the oligarchs were ready to administer sweeping reforms, the first of which ended the status of the samurai.
    • When Cosimo took control of Florence in 1537, the old oligarchs tried to regain their political power by influencing the seventeen-year-old ruler.
    • Privatization measures have placed former state properties under the control of former state oligarchs.
    • Nor is the criminality of Russia's oligarchs an aberration.
    • If the power of the oligarchs has increased, how do you propose to deal with that, if and when you become president?
    • Now, step by step, the levers of power are returning to the old oligarchs against whom the revolution was supposedly directed.
    • The Regent oligarchs, holding office for life, were like kings by divine right, they too answered to no earthly power.
    • The conflict between the Kremlin and a section of the oligarchs is about who will exercise control over this sector.
    • The oligarchs with their trusted lackeys, treated the rest of the population, as human cattle.
    • As we went to press, oligarchs from the old regime and the opposition were claiming to run the country.
    • In 1660 the regency was vested in the oligarchs, and they faced the problem of maintaining Sweden's status without the profits of war.
    • When it came to dealing with the oligarchs, the government was generally unable to exercise much control.
    • Now, a few top oligarchs can not control the system, without their lackeys.
    • The Kremlin apologists are trying, for their part, to present this conflict as a fight against the oligarchs and corruption.
    • The sense of individual identity of the oligarch is entirely located in the social structure of the oligarchy itself.
    • That proportion does not necessarily include all the oligarchs, who may in any case not be as important as the corporate bureaucracies they bestride.
    • In the Cuban view, freedom is the participation in power by the people rather than people trying to carve out limits on the exercise of power by oligarchs.
    • The claim that the oligarchs privatized companies in order to strip their assets gets the logic backwards.
  • 2(especially in Russia) a very rich business leader with a great deal of political influence.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The oligarchs are greatly resented by large numbers of Russians who did not benefit from the privatisation of state property.
    • The oligarchs, those Kremlin-connected magnates who once dazzled the world with their riches, are reeling.
    • What many Russian oligarchs could only dream about over the last years has now become a reality.
    • The dictatorship of transnational corporations, ruled by financial oligarchs, must be ended.
    • Some have lost their status as a result of the August 1998 financial crisis but all of the original seven oligarchs are included here.
    • Western officials and banks worked with (and continue to work with) the new Russian oligarchs and their political allies.
    • Rather, he manoeuvred and tried to reconcile his loyalty towards Putin with his support for the oligarchs.
    • Until late 1999, moreover, almost none of the oligarchs had done much to restructure or improve the assets they had acquired from the state.
    • The wealth of the Russian state was transferred not to the people but to a few oligarchs.
    • Putin has the opportunity to put an end to a number of Russian oligarchs, or at least to radically diminish their pernicious political role.
    • We are starting to win back our country from the media, the oligarchs, the corrupt politicians.
    • The article praises Vladimir Putin for fighting with oligarchs.
    • By making their fortunes on the backs of common Russians, the oligarchs themselves are a pretty unsympathetic lot.
    • Nor will they benefit by being ruled by oligarchs from the western Ukraine rather than from the eastern Ukraine.
    • At the heart of the technocratic agenda was trade liberalization, which threatened the protectionist policies that had coddled the native oligarchs.
    • It was about who rules Russia, the oligarchs or the Kremlin.
    • Flanked by a coterie of burly henchmen, the Russian oligarch promptly takes to one of the pitches intent on some shooting practice.
    • The Kremlin also gave indications that it would take action against other oligarchs.
    • He predicts more such actions aimed at oligarchs who control strategic natural resources.
    • While oligarchs grow rich and a significant number of Russians are impoverished, a multipart economy has developed.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek oligarkhēs, from oligoi 'few' + arkhein 'to rule'.

 
 

Definition of oligarch in US English:

oligarch

nounˈäləˌɡärkˈɑləˌɡɑrk
  • 1A ruler in an oligarchy.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Privatization measures have placed former state properties under the control of former state oligarchs.
    • The Regent oligarchs, holding office for life, were like kings by divine right, they too answered to no earthly power.
    • In the Cuban view, freedom is the participation in power by the people rather than people trying to carve out limits on the exercise of power by oligarchs.
    • In 1660 the regency was vested in the oligarchs, and they faced the problem of maintaining Sweden's status without the profits of war.
    • Kings and oligarchs are playing their last card: we can prevent their game.
    • Sampson sums up this process of enrichment and the creation of a new stratum of financial oligarchs and their impact on society very succinctly.
    • When Cosimo took control of Florence in 1537, the old oligarchs tried to regain their political power by influencing the seventeen-year-old ruler.
    • First of all, we have been supporting despots, dictators, and oligarchs in all those states for a variety of purposes.
    • However, should the city fall into misfortune, the people will blame the rulers and call them oligarchs.
    • The claim that the oligarchs privatized companies in order to strip their assets gets the logic backwards.
    • Nevertheless, Hayes had a reputation as a civil-service reformer, so he fought the oligarchs.
    • Oligarchs come, oligarchs go, but the true fan can never switch allegiance.
    • When it came to dealing with the oligarchs, the government was generally unable to exercise much control.
    • The dictatorship of transnational corporations, ruled by financial oligarchs, must be ended.
    • As we went to press, oligarchs from the old regime and the opposition were claiming to run the country.
    • These cities were ruled by oligarchs who enjoyed the backing of the Roman authorities.
    • Now, step by step, the levers of power are returning to the old oligarchs against whom the revolution was supposedly directed.
    • Democratic slogans were hypocritically used when they permitted the future oligarchs to proceed with their conquest of property.
    • That proportion does not necessarily include all the oligarchs, who may in any case not be as important as the corporate bureaucracies they bestride.
    • The Kremlin apologists are trying, for their part, to present this conflict as a fight against the oligarchs and corruption.
    • Hoffman's perspective is clearly critical of the oligarchs, but unlike other books about them, his is not a screed.
    • If the power of the oligarchs has increased, how do you propose to deal with that, if and when you become president?
    • The conflict between the Kremlin and a section of the oligarchs is about who will exercise control over this sector.
    • The oligarchs with their trusted lackeys, treated the rest of the population, as human cattle.
    • Now, a few top oligarchs can not control the system, without their lackeys.
    • The sense of individual identity of the oligarch is entirely located in the social structure of the oligarchy itself.
    • Nor is the criminality of Russia's oligarchs an aberration.
    • With this sense of national pride in place, the oligarchs were ready to administer sweeping reforms, the first of which ended the status of the samurai.
  • 2(especially in Russia) a very rich business leader with a great deal of political influence.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The article praises Vladimir Putin for fighting with oligarchs.
    • The oligarchs, those Kremlin-connected magnates who once dazzled the world with their riches, are reeling.
    • The Kremlin also gave indications that it would take action against other oligarchs.
    • Putin has the opportunity to put an end to a number of Russian oligarchs, or at least to radically diminish their pernicious political role.
    • Flanked by a coterie of burly henchmen, the Russian oligarch promptly takes to one of the pitches intent on some shooting practice.
    • Rather, he manoeuvred and tried to reconcile his loyalty towards Putin with his support for the oligarchs.
    • Nor will they benefit by being ruled by oligarchs from the western Ukraine rather than from the eastern Ukraine.
    • Western officials and banks worked with (and continue to work with) the new Russian oligarchs and their political allies.
    • Until late 1999, moreover, almost none of the oligarchs had done much to restructure or improve the assets they had acquired from the state.
    • Some have lost their status as a result of the August 1998 financial crisis but all of the original seven oligarchs are included here.
    • By making their fortunes on the backs of common Russians, the oligarchs themselves are a pretty unsympathetic lot.
    • What many Russian oligarchs could only dream about over the last years has now become a reality.
    • The dictatorship of transnational corporations, ruled by financial oligarchs, must be ended.
    • The oligarchs are greatly resented by large numbers of Russians who did not benefit from the privatisation of state property.
    • We are starting to win back our country from the media, the oligarchs, the corrupt politicians.
    • The wealth of the Russian state was transferred not to the people but to a few oligarchs.
    • While oligarchs grow rich and a significant number of Russians are impoverished, a multipart economy has developed.
    • It was about who rules Russia, the oligarchs or the Kremlin.
    • He predicts more such actions aimed at oligarchs who control strategic natural resources.
    • At the heart of the technocratic agenda was trade liberalization, which threatened the protectionist policies that had coddled the native oligarchs.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek oligarkhēs, from oligoi ‘few’ + arkhein ‘to rule’.

 
 
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