gerontocracy

释义

n.

老人统治的国家（或社会、组织）

网络

老人政治；老人统治的政府；老人政府

词形变化

复数：gerontocracies

在例句中理解 5 句

1. But business, too, is often a slow-moving gerontocracy, hidebound by a reluctance to let creative individuals make quick decisions.

   不过日本商界常常也是一个行动迟缓、处在老人统治下的领域，固守着一种不愿令富有创造力的个人快速作出决断的心态。

2. Although the population is now mainly black or mulatto and young, its rulers form a mainly white gerontocracy.

   尽管全国人口现在主要是年轻的黑种人或黑白混血儿，他们的领导人却形成了一个以白人为主的老人政权。

3. Unlike Spain, moreover, Italy is a gerontocracy where the young feel politically stymied.

   再者意大利不象西班牙，它实行的是让年轻人在政治上感觉阻碍的老人政治。

4. A gerontocracy: The President is elected, but only those over 45 (retirement age) can vote.

   一个老年人政府：总统是选举的，但是只有45岁（退休年龄）以上的人才可以投票。

5. The phenomenon of gerontocracy has existed for millennia because the young are accustomed to following the aged.

   因为年轻人习惯于跟从老年人，所以老年政权现象得以存在了几个世纪的时间。