1570s, from Middle French oligarchie (14c.), from Greek oligarkhia "government by the few," from stem of oligos "few, small, little" (see oligo-) + arkhein "to rule" (see archon).
中文解释
1、olig- + -archy.
实用例句
1. Athens was suffering under the rule of an oligarchy that had no concern for the people's welfare.
雅典当时饱受寡头集团的统治，他们对人民的福祉毫不关心。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The only secure basis for oligarchy is collectivism.
寡头政体的唯一可靠基础是集体主义。
来自辞典例句
3. But the landed oligarchy had stunted the country's democratic development for generations.
但是好几代以来土地寡头的统治阻碍了这个国家民主的发展.
来自辞典例句
4. It had long been realized that the only secure basis for oligarchy is collectivism.
他们早已认识到,寡头政体的唯一可靠基础是集体主义.
来自英汉文学
5. Insecure and fearful of its own people, the oligarchy preserves itself through tyranny.