| 词汇 | heavy-hitter |
| 释义 | heavy hitteridiommainly US someone or something that is very powerful or successful: 了不起的人物 Have you seen his résumé? He's a real heavy hitter.你见过他的简历了吗？他可真是个了不起的人物啊。 Convention dictates that a short-story collection should begin with its heaviest hitter. someone or something that becomes popular, wealthy, or has achieved a lot successThe new TV series was a wild success. a roaring successHer third album was a roaring success and went platinum. hitDinner was a hit with the kids. triumphThe court verdict was a triumph for all abuse victims. winWhat can we do to get a win out of this situation? Powerful people & dictators absolute authority all-powerful anti-establishment authoritarian autocrat despot dictator dictatorial establishment figurehead grey eminence oligarch oppressor plutocrat potentate power broker tyrant voiceless warlord éminence grise You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Successful (things or people) heavy hitter | Business Englishheavy hitter noun[ C ] informalukus a person or company that is very well known and has a lot of influence, or a product that is very successful: The group will soon unveil the appointment of some mining sector heavy hitters to its board. The proposed tax breaks have drawn the interest of some heavy hitters, including Goldman Sachs, which owns Horizon Wind Energy. Three heavy hitters were released last Friday, and should see Americans flocking to cinemas. See also big hitter Examples of heavy hitterheavy hitter Due to increased radio airplay, the band garnered national attention, allowing them the leverage to get the heavyhitter they wanted to mix their forthcoming major label release. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was a heavyhitter, usually batting cleanup during his prime, but also knew how to play inside baseball, and was an expert place-hitter and bunter. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The next man was the heavyhitter of the eleven. From Project Gutenberg I was the worst old heavyhitter on the team. From Project Gutenberg In a short time, her ambition led her into the studio with some heavy hitters. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was calm, elusive and able to frustrate those who faced him, especially heavy hitters. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I prefer to leave asylum to the heavy hitters, who have much in their past to cover up and will do their best to do so, and deal with immigration. 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. |
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