n. 1.老人政府；老人统治。 2.〔pl.〕 老人组成的统治集团。 短语和例子 gerontocratic adj.
a political system governed by old men
A gerontocracy is a form of oligarchical rule in which an entity is ruled by leaders who are significantly older than most of the adult population. The ancient Greeks were among the first to believe in this idea of gerontocracies as famously stated by Plato, “it is for the elder man to rule and for the younger to submit”.
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Their vocabulary and grammar belong to the malayan - polynesian family of modern day indonesia , and they once shared many indonesian customs such as tattooing , using identical names for father and son , gerontocracy , head - hunting , spirit worship , and indoor burials 他们的字词及文法属于今天印尼与的马来亚波里尼西亚语系，而且他们同样和印尼人有刺青儿子继承父亲的名字长老制度猎人头拜灵魂和室内埋葬等习俗。
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Their vocabulary and grammar belong to the malayan - polynesian family of modern day indonesia , and they once shared many indonesian customs such as tattooing , using identical names for father and son , gerontocracy , head - hunting , spirit worship , and indoor burials 他们的字词及文法属于今天印尼与的马来亚波里尼西亚语系，而且他们同样和印尼人有刺青、儿子继承父亲的名字、长老制度、猎人头、拜灵魂、和室内埋葬等习俗。
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