baron

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baron 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 男爵

[法] 男爵, 贵族, 大王

英文释义

n. a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank

n. a British peer of the lowest rank

n. a very wealthy or powerful businessman

baron 的真实例句

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And to the abject awfulness of such robber barons as Misters Carnegie, Gould, and Frick.

—— In Praise of the Old WASP Elite (Because Dignified Hypocrisy is Better Than Garish Cruelty)

The robber barons of the Gilded Age were known for their ruthlessness in the accumulation of wealth—hiring Pinkertons to shoot striking unionists.

—— What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat

During such periods, finance operates in a casino-like economy, financiers and high-tech barons capture most of the gains, inequality spikes, and populism rises.

—— Why people can’t build wealth on wages alone, and what to do about it

Such hospitality was reserved for a narrow category of humanity, resembling as closely as possible those local barons whose surnames crusted the stones of local cemeteries.

—— A Short History of America’s Drowned Towns

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