magnate

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n. 大官, 巨头 [法] 大官, 权贵, 大资本家

发音

其它 /ˈmæɡneɪt/

词形变化

magnates 复数 magnates

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    Powerful industrialist; captain of industry.

    I have decided to become an oil magnate, after spending quite some time reading the dictionary definition of the word magnate.

  2. 2.

    A person of rank, influence or distinction in any sphere.

  3. 3.

    In medieval and early modern Italy, a member of a legally defined category of especially wealthy patrician families, often deprived of the right to political participation by republican governments.

    历史

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

power king baron tycoon mogul

上位词 2

bourgeois businessperson

下位词 1

oil tycoon

词源

Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin magnātēs, plural of magnās, from magnus (“great”), mid 15th c.

来源：wiktionary