Elite

[eɪˈliːt]] or [ɪˈliːt]

(noun.) a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status.

编辑:梅根--From WordNet

(n.) A choice or select body; the flower; as, the elite of society.

整理:玛丽

n. a chosen or select part: the best of anything.

卡莱尔编辑

That they should be allowed to invade the education of the elite is unspeakable. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
The _elite _of Ba--ath. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

整理:保罗