bigwig
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 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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bigwig• The 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.big·wig nounChineseSyllable
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bigwig
big‧wig /ˈbɪɡwɪɡ/
noun [countable]
informal an important person:
A few of the company bigwigs have their own jets.
big‧wig /ˈbɪɡwɪɡ/
noun [countable]informal an important person: