• n. 巨頭；大資本家；要人；富豪；……大王

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系，包括大亨唐納德·特朗普。

來自柯林斯例句

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.

一位身份數百萬的媒體大亨,坦誠地告訴他全體員工他將暫時擱置他的事業以便參加戒酒班,令員工大為驚愕.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The newspaper was owned by a famous publishing magnate.

這家報紙為一位著名的出版業巨頭所有。

來自辭典例句

4. She is a financial magnate .

她是位金融巨頭。

來自辭典例句

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.

來自辭典例句