中文翻译与英英解释 | an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
同义词：very important person, VIP, dignitary, panjandrum, high muckamuck,
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例句与用法 | 1. | At bottom both were troubled and ashamed, for he was a high-up son of temperance .
他们俩内心都感到不安和惭愧，因为他是个有名的戒酒会会员。
| | 2. | As things are, are our classical english novels not often left to the honor of our high-up shelves ?
照现在的情况看来，我们的英国古典小说不是常常只荣幸地被束之高阁吗？
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