| 词汇 | grandee |
| 释义 | grandee noun[ C ] uk /ɡrænˈdiː/ us /ɡrænˈdiː/ an important person, especially in a particular job or area of public life（尤指特定工作或者公共生活领域的）大人物，重要人物 Important people and describing important people actor August augustly baron be the cat's whiskersidiom doyen first among equalsidiom FLOTUS get over something/someone get over yourself!idiom guest of honour heartbeat mogul movers and shakers MVP nibs notable number two superiority the grand old man of somethingidiom Examples of grandeegrandee In short, some pirate captains had retained quite close ties to established financiers and grandees. Also, some were scions of grandee families while descendants of others subsequently entered the magnate class. According to one survey, it had over 180 households in 1618, among them merchants and shopkeepers, lawyers and clergyman, government officials and at least one grandee. Today's grandees are presented with a comparatively much wider range of spending opportunities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have been concerned throughout that these grandees would have it all their own way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You must endeavour to achieve that before you start becoming a grandee, a management consultant or someone of that type. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In former days, he would have been regarded as a grandee and shown some compassion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When the grandees of the political parties agree behind the scenes, people feel excluded rather than included. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The former grandees of our party can give us no help in this area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Naturally, they felt unwilling unduly to displease the grandees within their parties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The kilted grandees who have been there for generations have done that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A man who can speak effortlessly—certainly with repetition but almost without hesitation—for one hour 40 minutes is a grandee—top of his class. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such sentiments were usually broached shortly before a grandee was elevated suddenly to another place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A great new constituency of people rose up against such talk and against the oppression and the grandee trade union bossdom that it involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall not go into the business of choosing between grandees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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. |
| 随便看 |
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。