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词汇 top-dog
释义 top dog
noun[ Cusually singular ]
 informaluk /ˌtɒp ˈdɒɡ/ us /ˌtɑːp ˈdɑːɡ/
a person who has achieved a position of authority权威;优胜者;夺魁者
Synonyms
boss(MANAGER)
chief
head(LEADER)
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top dog | Business English


top dog
noun[ C ]
 informalukus
the most important person or organization in a particular situation:
His position as top dog was now under threat.
The company is top dog in the food retail market.

Examples of top dog


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I do not believe either party wants to be topdog on these occasions.
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It was the challenger rather than the topdog.
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Who made the armed forces the topdog?
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We are fighting, not to make the military machine "topdog" in this country, but primarily for the interest of the ordinary consumer.
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They have no remedy at all, because he, quite rightly, is topdog altogether.
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Then he said the armed forces had been the bottom dog, and now they are going to be the topdog.
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All cannot be the topdog.
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Is it going to be using your strength in different districts to any extent that you can, merely because you appear to be topdog at the moment?
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Who is to be topdog?
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The owning company is the topdog.
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When placed in a pack situation, this dog could seek to be topdog by fights.
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He realises he now has his work cut out to regain his status as topdog, but he's willing to wait - although not for too long!
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Became the series' most unorthodox topdog.
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It means that so long as you are the top dogs, we have got to be the bottom dogs.
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It is the old familiar pattern of the top dogs with important positions administering a bureaucracy unto the poor young unemployed.
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