3N-SING 权威;当权者;权势集团 You refer to the people who have power and influence in the running of a country, society, or organization as the establishment . 权威;当权者;权势集团
Shopkeepers would once have been pillars of the Tory establishment.
商店店主一度本该成为保守党统治集团的重要支柱。
What do you expect? This is the Establishment we're taking on.
你还期望什么?我们要应对的是“权威”。
...a hit-list of prominent British establishment figures.