Magnate
['mægneɪt] or ['mæɡnet]
解释:
(-) A person of rank; a noble or grandee; a person of influence or distinction in any sphere.
(-) One of the nobility, or certain high officers of state belonging to the noble estate in the national representation of Hungary, and formerly of Poland.
编辑:维姬
同义词及近义词：
n. Noble, nobleman, grandee, man of rank, distinguished person.
手打:拉蒙纳
解释:
n. a noble: a man of rank or wealth.
录入:玛格
娱乐性解释：
One who can float capital in a considerable body of water. From Lat. magnus, great, and nator, to swim; a great swimmer.
霍奇编辑
例句:
- Franklin's great-grandfather had been imprisoned for writing sa tirical verses about some provincial magnate. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- THE INDUSTRIAL MAGNATE In Beldover, there was both for Ursula and for Gudrun an interval. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- An aunt of my father's, and consequently a great-aunt of mine, of whom I shall have more to relate by and by, was the principal magnate of our family. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Bishop then betook himself up-stairs, and the other magnates gradually floated up after him until there was no one left below but Mr Merdle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Old Acton, who is one of our county magnates, had his house broken into last Monday. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Among the evening magnates was a famous physician, who knew everybody, and whom everybody knew. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Other magnates paired off. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Becky had met other Hungarian magnates with the army in France in 1816-17. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Mr. Guppy has no eyes for either of these magnates. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
录入:内德