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bigwig

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++big·wig /ˈbɪɡwɪɡ/ noun [countable]  informalIMPORTANT an important person 大人物,要人 A few of the company bigwigs have their own jets. 公司的一些要员拥有自己的喷气式飞机。
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bigwigThe employee is hauled before a series of bigwigs.Democrats are not alone in soliciting big-money donations or coupling them with access to political bigwigs.They have links with political bigwigs and the local administration, which is all the qualification needed to get into the business.I would throw myself on the mercy of the circuit-house, usually reserved for traveling politicians and sundry bigwigs.Some of them were bigwigs in the administration of the islands.
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bigwig
bigwig /ˈbɪɡwɪɡ/ noun [countable]
informal an important person:
    A few of the company bigwigs have their own jets.


big·wigBrE /ˈbɪɡwɪɡ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbɪɡwɪɡ/ 🔊 noun (informal) an important person 要人;大人物She had to entertain some boring local bigwigs. 她不得不款待当地一些无聊的大人物。🔊🔊