February 12, 2008

Magnate

magnate



Yahoo!奇摩字典
magn/ate/

n. (名詞 noun)

          1.    (實業界的)巨頭,大王;要人,權貴[C]
                      a press magnate
                      報業巨子
                      a steel magnate
                      鋼鐵大王


The Columbia Guide to Standard American English

magnate, magnet (nn.)   
 
These words differ in spelling and pronunciation. 

A magnate (pronounced MAG-NAIT) is "a very important person, especially someone powerful in business." 
A magnet (pronounced MAG-nit) is "an iron or steel piece that attracts similar materials by means of its magnetic field."


1-2000-amoresperros-espanol-106378 Elsewhere, Daniel, a successful publishing magnate, leaves his family to take up with a beautiful model, Valeria. Valeria, however, soon loses a leg in an auto accident, and as Daniel tends to her needs, her tiny pet dog gets trapped under the floorboards of their apartment.


see mogul








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