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

• One reason why "Hillarycare" imploded was that Mrs Clinton failed to court the barons on Capitol Hill.
  “希拉里保健”改革提案破灭的一个原因就是，克林顿女士对国会山的政要不够殷勤。
• 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 French barons and princes thought only of their own gain.
  法国的贵族和亲王们只考虑自己的得失。
• 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。
• 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。
• We, my friends, are the new oil barons.
  各位，我们就是新的石油大王。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。