名詞 elite:

1. a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
   同義詞：elite group

形容詞 elite:

1. selected as the best
   同義詞：elect

1. A member of a group of elite, highly loyal supporters.
   禁衛(wèi)軍一支精銳的皇家軍隊(duì)中的成員

elite 或 é.lite

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 elite 或 e.lites

A group or class of persons or a member of such a group or class, enjoying superior intellectual, social, or economic status:
精英，杰出人物：具有超人的智力、社會(huì)、或經(jīng)濟(jì)地位的一群或一類人或這群或這類人中的一員：
例句：
.In addition to notions of social equality there was much emphasis on the role of elites and of heroes within them.(Times Literary Supplement)
.除了社會(huì)平等概念之外還強(qiáng)調(diào)其中精英們和英雄們所起的作用.(時(shí)代文學(xué)增刊)

The best or most skilled members of a group:
主力：在一群中最好或最有技巧的成員：
例句：
the football team`s elite.
足球隊(duì)的主力

A size of type on a typewriter, equal to 2 characters per linear inch.
一種打字機(jī)字型尺寸，每英寸為2個(gè)字

來源：
French élite
法語 élite
from Old French eslite [from feminine past participle of] eslire [to choose]
源自 古法語 eslite [] 源自eslire的陰性過去分詞 [選擇]
from Latin ôligere * see elect
源自 拉丁語 ôligere *參見 elect

【引伸】
elite.
adj.（形容詞）