Mr. Smith is a bigwig around here.

史密斯先生是我们这儿的要人。

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It is said that Xiao Li's father is a bigwig.

据说小李的父亲是个大人物。

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I feel terrible, I am late a meeting with a bigwig client.

糟糕透了，我跟一个大客户的会面就要迟到了。

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People never tell someone he is a bigwig.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

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

VOA: special.2009.11.29

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?

ECONOMIST: Günter Verheugen, ever up-and-coming | The

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.

ECONOMIST: Can hedge funds outlive their star managers?

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.

ECONOMIST: Banyan