gerontocracy

英 [,dʒerən'tɒkrəsɪ]美 [,dʒɛrən'tɑkrəsi]
  • n. 老人政治；老人政府
GRE

中文词源

gerontocracy 老人统治

geront-, 老人。-cracy, 统治，见democracy.

英文词源

gerontocracy (n.)
"rule by old men," 1830, a Latinized compound of Greek stem of geron (genitive gerontos) "old man" (see gerontology) + kratia "rule" (see -cracy). Related: Gerontocratic.

双语例句

1. But in practice Geneva was a patrician gerontocracy, dominated by a few families.
但日内瓦事实上是贵族的老龄政府，由一小部分家庭控制的。
来自辞典例句