magnate
英 ['mægneɪt]
美['mæɡnet]
- n. 巨头；大资本家；要人；富豪；……大王
词态变化
复数: magnates;
中文词源
magnate 权贵，富豪
来自拉丁语magnus,伟大的，巨大的，富贵的，词源同major,master.引申词义伟人，贵族等，但现多含贬义。
英文词源
- magnate
- magnate: see magnitude
- magnate (n.)
- mid-15c., "great man, noble, man of wealth," from Late Latin magnates, plural of magnas "great person, nobleman," from Latin magnus "great, large, big" (of size), "abundant" (of quantity), "great, considerable" (of value), "strong, powerful" (of force); of persons, "elder, aged," also, figuratively, "great, mighty, grand, important," from PIE *mag-no-, from root *meg- "great" (cognates: Sanskrit maha-, mahat- "great;" Greek megas, fem. megale "great, large;" Gothic mikils, Old English micel "great, big, many;" see mickle).
双语例句
- 1. They've linked her with various men, including magnate Donald Trump.
- 他们把她与不同的男人扯上关系，包括大亨唐纳德·特朗普。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. A multimillionaire media magnate has shocked his employees with his candor by telling them all that he's putting his business affairs on hold to enter an alcoholism - counseling program.
- 一位身份数百万的媒体大亨,坦诚地告诉他全体员工他将暂时搁置他的事业以便参加戒酒班,令员工大为惊愕.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The newspaper was owned by a famous publishing magnate.
- 这家报纸为一位著名的出版业巨头所有。
来自辞典例句
- 4. She is a financial magnate .
- 她是位金融巨头。
来自辞典例句
- 5. That did not make him the top - paid auto magnate by any means.
- 不过这绝不是说,他就可以算得上收入最高的汽车大亨.
来自辞典例句