barons

英 [ˈbærənz]

美 [ˈbærənz]

n.  男爵(最低一级贵族。英国男爵头衔为Lord; 其他国家为Baron); 工商业巨头
baron的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-TITLE 男爵（贵族爵位中最低的一级）
  Abaronis a man who is a member of the lowest rank of the nobility.
  1. ...their stepfather, Baron Michael Distemple.
     他们的继父，迈克尔·迪斯腾普尔男爵
• N-COUNT 巨头；大王；大亨
  You can usebaronto refer to someone who controls a large amount of a particular industry or activity and who is therefore extremely powerful.
  1. ...the battle against the drug barons.
     打击毒枭之战
  2. ...the British press barons.
     英国新闻业巨子

双语例句

• Few business barons remained.
  留存下来的企业巨头已寥寥无几。
• The implicit bargains struck between prime ministers and media barons for three decades were unhealthy.
  三十年来，首相和媒体大亨之间达成的秘而不宣的协议并不正常。
• Several of the powerful French barons, including the mighty Duke of Burgundy, joined the English.
  好几个有权势的法国贵族，包括勃艮第大公爵在内；都与英国相勾结。
• One only has to drive through this country to see that you're all as rich as barons.
  人们只需要乘车到这里瞧瞧，就会发现你们都和大商人一样富裕。
• The great financier and banker was the prototype for all the Wall Street barons who followed.
  大金融家和银行家是所有原型随同华尔街大王。
• Without the knowledge of half the barons in this room has failed.
  不知道这个房间里一半的男爵都失败了。
• The media barons tell us what we wish to hear.
  我们希望听到什么话，传媒大亨们就说什么给我们听。
• The voter of today, in other words, inherits the rights first sustained by the barons of old.
  换言之，今天的选民继承了最先由昔日的贵族维护的权利。
• He cursed the barons and the people for treating their king so badly.
  他咒骂男爵们和人民对他们的国王太过分了。
• The barons made war upon him, and never again did he see a peaceful day.
  男爵们向他宣战，从此他再没有太平日子过了。