| 词汇 | baron |
| 释义 | baron noun[ C ] uk /ˈbær.ən/ us /ˈber.ən/ a low-ranking male member of the nobility(= group of people from a high social class)男爵 an extremely powerful person in a particular area of business: 巨头，大亨 media/press barons媒体／新闻巨头 a drug baron大毒枭 Royalty, aristocracy & titles accede to something accession anointed anti-monarchical anti-monarchist dukedom earl earldom emir emperor mister monarch monarchist morganatic Mr royally Rt. Hon. Shah sheikh sire You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Important people and describing important people Traders & entrepreneurs baron | Business Englishbaron noun[ C ] uk /ˈbærən/us a person who is extremely powerful in a particular area of business: a media/press/newspaper baron an oil baron a drugs baron Examples of baronbaron The king's barons together attempted to restrain him from innovatory acts of misgovernment. The government derived no less than 43% of its annual revenue from taxes paid by the sugar barons. The creation of new earls and marquesses inevitably led the more senior barons and earls to demand restoration of their pre-eminence. Early each day, the baron himself would select one out of the twenty-five animals printed on the tickets. Sitting in judgement, the king complained of the insult to his dignity, and likewise each of the barons condemned the monks. If such central direction had been attempted, most likely it would have been firmly resisted by powerful committee barons. On the third day after a council, the king with his barons, on their way to a conference, turned their way to the monastery. Apparently, some commanders in the army are virtual barons, whose troops are personally loyal to them. This latter institution established the composition of clergy, barons, and lesser landholders (burgesses and knights). Defended by the barons and their soldiers, it stands or falls. The charter included the right of the barons, and other freedmen, to take up arms, even against the king if necessary, in order to protect their freedom. So, although seeing the early 1640s as traditional politicking - barons, threats and counter-threats, royal incompetence explains much, it does not quite explain why the outcome was so untraditional. Both were legislative councillors and tin barons. That will prevent the robber barons at county hall from holding them to ransom, as they have done for the past nine years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It goes to the international drug baron and his cronies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of baron These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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