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 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。
• He cursed the barons and the people for treating their king so badly.
  他咒骂男爵们和人民对他们的国王太过分了。
• 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。
• 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 barons took the oath which Stephen Langton prescribed.
  男爵们照斯蒂芬？兰顿的指导宣了誓。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Few business barons remained.
  留存下来的企业巨头已寥寥无几。