big shot
big shot 英 [biɡ ʃɔt] 美 [bɪɡ ʃɑt]
phrase. 大亨，权贵之人；大人物
名词复数:big shots
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- phrase. 大亨，权贵之人；大人物
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1. They get a job and their first though is to buy a luxury vehicle because they see executives driving them and they want to be a big shot.
他们有了工作，然而第一件想要做的事就是买一辆豪华的轿车，因为他们看到经理们开着轿车，也想显示自己是大亨。
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2. John seems to be in high cotton . He may well become a big shot.
约翰走红起来了，他有可能成为大人物。
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3. You can tell John is a big shot, he rides in a limousine everywhere he goes.
你可以看出约翰是个大人物, 无论去哪里他都坐豪华轿车。
- big shot (n.) "important person," 1929, American English, from Prohibition-era gangster slang; earlier in the same sense was great shot (1861). Ultimately a reference to large type of gunshot; see shot (n.).
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