bigwig
英 [ˈbɪɡwɪɡ]
美 [ˈbɪɡwɪɡ]
n. 要人; 大人物
BNC.18405 / COCA.25247
牛津词典
noun
- 要人;大人物
an important person- She had to entertain some boring local bigwigs.
她不得不款待当地一些无聊的大人物。
- She had to entertain some boring local bigwigs.
柯林斯词典
- 要人,大人物(含贬义)
If you refer to an important person as abigwig, you are being rather disrespectful.
英英释义
noun
- the most important person in a group or undertaking
双语例句
- I feel terrible, I am late to a meeting with a bigwig client.
糟糕透了,我跟大客户的会面就要迟到了。 - Chicago Magazine has put him on its list of the 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans, describing him as a bigwig other bigwigs seek out for advice.
《芝加哥》杂志(ChicagoMagazine)把麦肯纳评为100名最有影响力的芝加哥人之一,并将他描述为其他大人物寻求建议的大人物。 - Sean never acts like a loaded bigwig, but he is quite generous when comes to charity.
肖恩从来不表现得像个有钱的大亨,但他对慈善事业非常慷慨。 - I think it was some bigwig king named Odysseus who came up with the idea of the fake horse.
我想,是一个叫奥德修斯的国王想出的木马的主意的。 - During the festival this year, a bigwig of the Singapore Tourism Board boldly declared its new mission-make Singapore a world culinary capital.
在美食节进行期间,新加坡旅游局的某位要人还宣布旅游局的新目标――使新加坡成为一个美食都会。 - One bigwig says the rules will make India a harder place to operate in than China.
有位大人物说,这些规定会使在印度经营业务比在中国更难。 - And so Mesans will choose between Mr Lewis, an avuncular amateur with mostly local donors, and Mr Pearce, a sauntering state bigwig with far-flung donors and national fame.
所以梅萨人将在刘易斯先生和皮尔斯先生当中做出选择,前者坐拥大批本地赞助者,是一个慈眉善目的门外汉;后者则在国内名头响亮,且金主遍布各地,是个十足的富贵闲人。 - A beautiful actress walking down the aisle with a not-so-old bigwig could embody many things, depending on your perspective, a perfect union of beauty and bounty for one.
漂亮女演员同一个不算很老的名人的结合,在不同的人看来,可能有很多象征意义,例如:美貌与多金的完美结合。 - It is said that his father is a bigwig.
据说他的父亲是个大人物。 - He is a head of a feudal faction, which makes him cruel and incorrigible, and a financial bigwig, which backs up his character.
他是个封建帮派头目、金融大亨,前者使他性格残忍冷酷,手腕毒辣,流氓成性;
