bigwig

noun

1. 要人；大人物
   an important person
   1. She had to entertain some boring local bigwigs.
      她不得不款待当地一些无聊的大人物。

1. 要人，大人物（含贬义）
   If you refer to an important person as a bigwig, you are being rather disrespectful.

1. A beautiful actress walking down the aisle with a not-so-old bigwig could embody many things, depending on your perspective, a perfect union of beauty and bounty for one.
   漂亮女演员同一个不算很老的名人的结合，在不同的人看来，可能有很多象征意义，例如：美貌与多金的完美结合。
2. Sean never acts like a loaded bigwig, but he is quite generous when comes to charity.
   肖恩从来不表现得像个有钱的大亨，但他对慈善事业非常慷慨。
3. Chicago Magazine has put him on its list of the 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans, describing him as a bigwig other bigwigs seek out for advice.
   《芝加哥》杂志（ChicagoMagazine）把麦肯纳评为100名最有影响力的芝加哥人之一，并将他描述为其他大人物寻求建议的大人物。
4. It is said that his father is a bigwig.
   据说他的父亲是个大人物。
5. And so Mesans will choose between Mr Lewis, an avuncular amateur with mostly local donors, and Mr Pearce, a sauntering state bigwig with far-flung donors and national fame.
   所以梅萨人将在刘易斯先生和皮尔斯先生当中做出选择，前者坐拥大批本地赞助者，是一个慈眉善目的门外汉；后者则在国内名头响亮，且金主遍布各地，是个十足的富贵闲人。
6. One bigwig says the rules will make India a harder place to operate in than China.
   有位大人物说，这些规定会使在印度经营业务比在中国更难。
7. During the festival this year, a bigwig of the Singapore Tourism Board boldly declared its new mission-make Singapore a world culinary capital.
   在美食节进行期间，新加坡旅游局的某位要人还宣布旅游局的新目标――使新加坡成为一个美食都会。
8. I feel terrible, I am late to a meeting with a bigwig client.
   糟糕透了，我跟大客户的会面就要迟到了。
9. I think it was some bigwig king named Odysseus who came up with the idea of the fake horse.
   我想，是一个叫奥德修斯的国王想出的木马的主意的。
10. He is a head of a feudal faction, which makes him cruel and incorrigible, and a financial bigwig, which backs up his character.
    他是个封建帮派头目、金融大亨，前者使他性格残忍冷酷，手腕毒辣，流氓成性；

noun

1. the most important person in a group or undertaking

   Synonym:    kingpintop banana