Magnate

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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."





　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.





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