BESTthe best people or things from a group 中的精英,…中的精华
the cream of Europe’s athletes
欧洲的运动员精英
The students at this college are the cream of the crop (=the best of all).
这所学院的学生是天之骄子。
Examples from the Corpus
the cream of something• She is kept company by kindred spirits, such as Uncle Ben and the Cream ofWheatcook.• There were a great many people milling around, the cream of Spaxton society, indeed, many of whom she knew or recognised.• But it was on the continent that the cream of the drivers could be found.• Through Brooke and his own contacts, he had entry to the cream of Hollywood parties and the cream of Hollywood society.• He was the cream of the crop.