"robber baron" 怎么发音

expression

US

ˈɹɑbɝ/ /ˈbæɹən/, /ˈbɛɹən

RAH-bur BAYR-uhn or BEHR-uhn

UK

ɹˈɒbɐ/ /bˈæɹən

rob-UR BAYR-uhn

释义

A "robber baron" is a powerful person, especially a business leader, who gains great wealth by using unfair or unethical methods. It usually refers to certain 19th-century American industrialists.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈɹɑbɝ/ /ˈbæɹən/, /ˈbɛɹən

英式英语

ɹˈɒbɐ/ /bˈæɹən

简化发音

美式

RAH-bur BAYR-uhn or BEHR-uhn

英式

rob-UR BAYR-uhn

语境中听

John D. Rockefeller was often called a robber baron.

Many people believe that robber barons hurt ordinary workers.

The term robber baron comes from the history of American industry.

Some people call modern tech billionaires the new robber barons.