寡头政治

难道你不认为寡头政治有点精英主义吗？

Don 't you think an oligarchy would be too elitist ?

而民主政体总是倾向于给寡头政治和专制暴政让路；

Democracy was always likely to give way to oligarchy or tyranny .

也许我们应该考虑寡头政治。

Maybe we should consider an oligarchy .

卢拉总统以反对旧式的寡头政治的形象出现，现在却在他们的帮助下管理政府。

President Lula , who presented himself as the scourge of old-style oligarchs , now governs with their help .

其二是寡头政治的资本主义，这种制度下的绝大部分权力与财富都掌握在少数个人与家族的手中。

Second , oligarchic capitalism , in which the bulk of the power and wealth is held by a small group of individuals and families .

当然，我们在这里提到了威尼斯和英格兰，我们所指的不是那些民族，而是那些社会结构，指高踞在那些民族上面的寡头政治，不是那些民族本身。

It is well understood here , that by the words Venice , England , we designate not the peoples , but social structures ; the oligarchies superposed on nations , and not the nations themselves .

幽灵般洛可可式纵情狂欢，枝型吊灯，挂毯和中国风格，自夸有丰富的私人卧室款待严肃的寡头政治（价格惊人的普通，只要你不点龙虾和鲨鱼翅汤）。

An orgy of phantasmagoric rococo , chandeliers , tapestries and chinoiserie , it boasts opulent private rooms for serious oligarchic entertaining ( although the prices are surprisingly moderate , if you avoid the lobster and the shark-fin soup ) .

在叶利钦手下，俄罗斯的寡头们通过政治影响力躲避了竞争。

Under Yeltsin , the oligarchs were shielded from competition by their political clout .

那些没有身陷囹圄和流亡海外的“寡头”的确在政治上都选择了“沉默是金”。

Those " oligarchs " not in prison or exile are indeed politically quiescent .