Magnate
['mægneɪt] or ['mæɡnet]
解釋/意思:
(-) 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.
編輯:维姬
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Noble, nobleman, grandee, man of rank, distinguished person.
手打:拉蒙纳
解釋/意思:
n. a noble: a man of rank or wealth.
錄入:玛格
娱乐性解釋/意思：
One who can float capital in a considerable body of water. From Lat. magnus, great, and nator, to swim; a great swimmer.
霍奇編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Franklin's great-grandfather had been imprisoned for writing sa tirical verses about some provincial magnate. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- THE INDUSTRIAL MAGNATE In Beldover, there was both for Ursula and for Gudrun an interval. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Old Acton, who is one of our county magnates, had his house broken into last Monday. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Among the evening magnates was a famous physician, who knew everybody, and whom everybody knew. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Other magnates paired off. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Becky had met other Hungarian magnates with the army in France in 1816-17. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Mr. Guppy has no eyes for either of these magnates. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
錄入:内德