bigwig
n. <口>要人,有重大影响的人
If you refer to an important person as a bigwig, you are being rather disrespectful.
1. the most important person in a group or undertaking
That's enough to make a bigwig take to his sickbed, but illness could a problem too.
光是这点就可以让这些大人物气出病来, 可是生病也有问题.
Gordon: Hackman has been a Hollywood bigwig for more than 40 years.
戈登: 海克曼在好来坞走红已经四十多年了.
I feel terrible, I am late a meeting with a bigwig client.
糟糕透了, 我跟一个大客户的会面就要迟到了.
Mr. Smith is a bigwig around here.
史密斯先生是我们这儿的要人.
One local bigwig had steadfastly refused a license for the guesthouse until a document was produced.
有一个本地官员在取得一份文件之前坚决拒发客栈执照.