magnate

英 ['m?gne?t] 美['m?ɡnet]

TEM8IELTSGRE低頻詞暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?magnates;

magnate 權(quán)貴，富豪

來自拉丁語magnus,偉大的，巨大的，富貴的，詞源同major,master.引申詞義偉人，貴族等，但現(xiàn)多含貶義。

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).

1. They've linked her with various men, including magnate Donald Trump.: 他們把她與不同的男人扯上關(guān)系，包括大亨唐納德·特朗普。

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.: 一位身份數(shù)百萬的媒體大亨,坦誠地告訴他全體員工他將暫時(shí)擱置他的事業(yè)以便參加戒酒班,令員工大為驚愕.

3. The newspaper was owned by a famous publishing magnate.: 這家報(bào)紙為一位著名的出版業(yè)巨頭所有。

5. That did not make him the top - paid auto magnate by any means.: 不過這絕不是說,他就可以算得上收入最高的汽車大亨.