At a recent Harvard colloquium, a bigwig from one of the large consultancies told his audience of star professors that the only person he valued at the school was the admissions officer.

在最近哈佛大学的研讨会上，来自一家大型咨询公司的权威人士告诉在座的各位著名教授，他认为学校最有价值的人就是招生负责人。

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Mr. Smith is a bigwig around here.

史密斯先生是我们这儿的要人。

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As a bigwig in the locality, Mr. Zhang has to be careful in what he says and does.

作为当地的一个大人物，张先生不得不时刻注意自己的言行。

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People never tell someone he is a bigwig.

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Today,the expression bigwig is used to make fun of a person who feels important.

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Is this the view of a future European bigwig or just the theorising of a gifted strategist who never quite makes it to the top?

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Performance has recovered somewhat. (In any case, hedge funds have had a difficult year.) On July 7th GLG hired Driss Ben-Brahim, a Goldman Sachs bigwig.

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In South Korea, a finance-ministry bigwig says his urgent priority is to persuade young ministry high-flyers, who invariably apply for an American posting, to go to India instead.

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