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词汇 big-league
释义 big league
noun[ C ]
UKinformaluk /ˈbɪɡ ˌliːɡ/ us /ˈbɪɡ ˌliːɡ/
(USbig leagues)
the top level of a particular sport, business, or activity in which there is the greatest competition and the greatest opportunity for success: (某运动,行业或运动的)顶级水平
He is about to join the big league of Formula One in time for the new season.他即将晋身世界一级方程式拉力赛,并将参加新赛季的比赛。
For the magazine to be successful, it will have to compete in the big league against leading weekly women's magazines.为了成功,该杂志必须在高端市场和主流的女性周刊杂志竞争。
 big leagues
in the US, a group of professional sports teams that compete at the highest level, especially in baseball(尤指美国棒球)大联赛
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Important and essential things
-based
amenity
at the core of something
bare
be-all
focal point
foreground
fulcrum
fundament
grandaddy
heavyweight
hot button
imperative
need
nexus
nitty-gritty
nub
nucleus
the grandaddy of somethingidiom
the name of the gameidiom
big-league
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ˈbɪɡ ˌliːɡ/ us /ˈbɪɡ ˌliːɡ/
relating or belonging to the highest level or most successful level of a particular sport, business, or activity: 大联盟的;一流水平的,出色的
We're not playing at local politics here - this is big-league stuff.我们不是在这里玩地方政治 - 这是高级别的事情。
They’ve already signed a contract with a big-league advertiser.他们已经与一家顶级广告商签订了合同。
He is an actor bound for big-league stardom.
The airline offers big-league amenities like business and first-class seating.
There are 15 players with big-league experience on the Olympic team.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Important and essential things
-based
amenity
at the core of something
bare
be-all
focal point
foreground
fulcrum
fundament
grandaddy
heavyweight
hot button
imperative
need
nexus
nitty-gritty
nub
nucleus
the grandaddy of somethingidiom
the name of the gameidiom

the big league | Business English


the big league
noun[ S ]
 informalukus
the most important or successful people, companies, etc. in a particular business or area of activity:
They are anxious to move into the big league of pharmaceuticals companies.

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There are huge amounts of money to be made in the criminal bigleague.
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We will not get into any bigleague with that sort of spend.
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Those earnings are not negligible; they are bigleague.
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Where is the intent to get us into the bigleague of nuclear generation?
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Unless we can mount a greater research effort and provide bigger funds, we shall simply fall out of the bigleague.
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Some would say that that is not the bigleague; cynics say that football league clubs have been not-for-profit for many years.
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Very few of us think it possible to go it alone in the bigleague.
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It is contended that it will maintain us in the bigleague.
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In looking at the possible taxation of investment income of pension funds, we are then into the bigleague as regards money.
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We are in the bigleague of the world's super-investors.
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The paradox of it is that the boys in the bigleague of professional crime, the men at the top, are comparatively few in number.
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Without an effective police force, stopping criminals, especially in the "bigleague" of crime, is like trying to catch the wind in a net.
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I am not talking about pople in the bigleague, who talk in billions.
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The idea that we are not in the bigleague is entirely wrong.
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If the bank is seeking to break into the bigleague and do a lot of business, it will presumably be tempted to undercut the joint stock banks.
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