| 词汇 | bigwig |
| 释义 | bigwig noun[ C ] informaluk /ˈbɪɡ.wɪɡ/ us /ˈbɪɡ.wɪɡ/ a person who has an important or powerful position: 大人物，要人 We were invited to a lunch with local bigwigs.我们受邀与当地要人共进午餐。 Compare kingpin(IMPORTANT PERSON) Important people and describing important people actor August augustly baron be the cat's whiskersidiom doyen FLOTUS get over something/someone get over yourself!idiom grandee guest of honour heartbeat mogul movers and shakers MVP nibs notable number two superiority the grand old man of somethingidiom bigwig | American Dictionarybigwig noun[ C ] infmlus/ˈbɪɡˌwɪɡ/ an important or powerful person: The network television bigwigs loved the show. Examples of bigwigbigwig The son of the local bigwig (and therefore the wife's first choice for a son-in-law) is a college-trained boy who has been 'on' the dancing team. The companies are now bigwigs in the market: they have capital assets of £150 billion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has emerged that there is a group of large financial corporations that collaborates with various bigwigs and local dictators to oppress their own people. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Of course that was not said to the bigwigs, but it was said to the working class. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An old people's home is opened, and the local bigwigs go on the platform and talk about the wonderful amenities in the home. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is true that civil defence in the old sense, with huge bunkers in which local bigwigs are protected from nuclear attack, is no longer appropriate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His powerful expression of human angst has resulted in his simultaneously receiving wide public acclaim and high censure from the orthodox and the political bigwigs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Entertainment bigwigs spotted her in the news clip and immediately went to her school to offer her a part. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The bigwig, in order to get his hands on a hidden treasure, had also taken the help of an evil tantrik. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They are former film industry bigwigs, now in the twilight of their years. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A few industry bigwigs praised his directorial ability, but others questioned the choice of subject for his debut venture. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He succeeded in debuting two hot idol bands in just a couple of years and started to emerge as a new bigwig in show business. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is vain for bishops and pious bigwigs to discuss what dreadful things will happen if wild scepticism runs its course. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His father was trapped by few big-wigs in town into a robbery case, accusing him of stealing ornaments from temple. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Bill is a publishing bigwig, so he's very powerful, but he didn't grow up with a silver spoon, he said. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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