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

• 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。
• 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”。
• This was when robber barons started to collect unauthorised taxes on the gorge.
  就是在那个时候，强盗贵族开始对峡谷收取未经授权的税款。
• 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。
• These very poor women who used as mules by drug barons often get long prison sentences.
  这些被毒品巨头雇来走私毒品的贫穷女子常被判长期徒刑。
• 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。
• 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 legislation originated in the demands of farmers and merchants for protection against the "robber barons".
  此项立法最初的原因，是农民和商人吁请政府保护，使自己免受“强盗贵族”（robberbaron）的损害。
• 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。