| 单词 | buccaneer |
| 释义 | buccaneer noun[C] uk/ˌbʌk.əˈnɪər/us/ˌbʌk.əˈnɪr/apersonwhoattackedandstolefromshipsatsea,especiallysomeoneallowedby agovernmentto do this in the 17th and 18thcenturies （尤指17和18世纪的）海盗Compare piratenoun privateer Renaissance: 1501 to 1899
buccaneer| Business Englishbuccaneer noun[C] uk/ˌbʌkəˈnɪər/usabusinesspersonwho isdeterminedtosucceedevenif thisinvolvestakingbigrisks: Thesemercantilebuccaneers are alwayswildlyinfavourof thefreemarket. Examplesofbuccaneerbuccaneer I think the critics and speakers were rather charged on a previous occasion with being buccaneers, with plunging rather too violently into the subject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the future we hope we will continue to be something of pirates, something of buccaneers, something of blockade runners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In practice what have the private enterprise buccaneers to offer in the years ahead? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Above all, we have to stop this fragmented and at times buccaneering approach in our civil air transport industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Then we would have a nation of buccaneers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What is more difficult is for people such as myself to say that he is any worse than any of the other predators or buccaneers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The carpet-baggers and the buccaneers would be in and huge fortunes would be made by individuals and corporate bodies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The buccaneers of today are not going to sponsor that kind of buccaneering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those who knew him knew that he was abuccaneer, not a bureaucrat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly we did not go about it in the manner of international buccaneers on the high seas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of them, it is true, were called "buccaneers ". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If it comes true, if they remain buccaneers and pirates in this sense, they have a very great future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he keep a sharp eye on the buccaneers—until recently anonymous buccaneers—who bought the property? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Scarcely a week goes by without news of housewives being robbed by these door-to-door buccaneers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If any financialbuccaneerhad so rigged the market in his favour he would today be in goal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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