| 词汇 | nabob |
| 释义 | nabob noun[ C ] old-fashioneduk /ˈneɪ.bɒb/ us /ˈneɪ.bɑːb/ a rich or powerful person富豪；权贵 Important people and describing important people actor August augustly baron be the cat's whiskersidiom doyen first among equalsidiom FLOTUS get over something/someone get over yourself!idiom guest of honour heartbeat mogul moment movers and shakers MVP nibs notable superiority the grand old man of somethingidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Rich people Examples of nabobnabob Before 1832 it was the rotten boroughs, the unreformed boroughs, where four or five men had the votes which were in the pockets of the wealthy landlord or nabob. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have appealed in vain to the wealthy nabobs who are drawing their wealth from the hills and disregard entirely the convenience of those who contribute to that wealth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The nabobs, in some cases, even managed to wrest control of boroughs from the nobility and the gentry. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Finding this to be the man in whom the nabob entirely trusted, it soon became our object to consider him as a most material engine in the intended revolution. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Clive, by now a fabulously rich nabob, is reputed to have spent over 100,000 on rebuilding the house and a complete remodelling of the celebrated pleasure grounds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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