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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• What does the bank and land barons win?
  银行和土地大亨赢得了什么？
• 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。
• It is the land barons that determine whom one marries, whom one has relationships with, and how many children one may bear, and what job one holds within the community.
  正是土地大亨，决定你和谁结婚、和谁结交、生下几个孩子和在社会上得到什么工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。