Magnate

(-) 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.

编辑:维姬

• Franklin's great-grandfather had been imprisoned for writing sa tirical verses about some provincial magnate. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• THE INDUSTRIAL MAGNATE In Beldover, there was both for Ursula and for Gudrun an interval. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• 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. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• 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. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Old Acton, who is one of our county magnates, had his house broken into last Monday. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Among the evening magnates was a famous physician, who knew everybody, and whom everybody knew. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Other magnates paired off. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Becky had met other Hungarian magnates with the army in France in 1816-17. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Mr. Guppy has no eyes for either of these magnates. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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