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

• Privatisation meant a field day for robber barons.
  私有化意味着是强盗资本家的户外集训。
• Our sympathies now lie with the besieging militias, not the robber barons.
  现在，我们同情的是围攻的民兵，而不是强盗贵族。
• Analysts had also been playing down share-price prospects until the two barons came on the scene.
  分析家们在这两大巨头出现之前也不看好他们的股份价格的前景。
• 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。
• 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。
• Today's media barons control the world as opinion makers.
  今天的传媒大亨控制世界的舆论制造者。
• 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。
• A small, ill-equipped police force is battling against the powerful drug barons.
  一小队装备很差的警察在与强大的毒品巨头作斗争。
• The business Titans Mr Bloomberg lists were known as the "robber barons".
  布隆伯格列举的上述商界巨头都曾被称作“强盗资本家”。
• His connections with mining barons extended to making some of them state ministers.
  他与矿业大亨的关系已经发展到能够让其中的一些人成为联邦部长。