gerontocracy
英 [,dʒerən'tɒkrəsɪ]
美 [,dʒɛrən'tɑkrəsi]
GRE
- 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.
- 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。
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