"big gun" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 大人物
• 重要人物

Definition

指有权势或重要的人物，通常在商业、政治或组织中。有时也指字面上的大炮或大型武器。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

属于口语表达，多指有影响力的人。常见于“he's a big gun in the company”等表达。类似于“大人物”、“重量级人物”。很少用于实际武器的意思。

Examples

Tom is a big gun at his law firm.

汤姆是他律师事务所的**大人物**。

The company called in a big gun to solve the problem.

公司请来了一位**大人物**来解决这个问题。

When the negotiations got tough, they brought in their big gun.

谈判变艰难时，他们请来了自己的**大人物**。

Everyone knew things were serious when the company's big gun showed up to the meeting.

当公司的**大人物**出现在会议上时，大家都知道事情很严重了。

You can tell he's a big gun by the way everyone listens when he talks.

从大家他一说话就安静下来能看出他是个**大人物**。

If we want to win this contract, we need our big gun to make the pitch.

如果我们想赢得这份合同，得让我们的**大人物**来做陈述。