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 feudal barons were cruel to the people.
  封建贵族对人民很残酷。
• Because of his weakness his army was beaten by the Robert the Bruce and the Scots at Bannockburn which led to revolution by the English barons and the start of a short civil war.
  由于他的软弱，他的军队在Bannockburn被罗伯特、布鲁斯和苏格兰人所击败，那导致了由英国男爵所带领的革命和一场短暂的内战。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。