big league

英 [ˈbɪɡ liːɡ]

美 [ˈbɪɡ liːɡ]

n.  大联盟(棒球等职业运动的一流水平运动队组织); 一流水平的团体; 星级团体; 佼佼者

牛津词典

noun

• 大联盟（棒球等职业运动的一流水平运动队组织）
  a group of teams in a professional sport, especially baseball , that play at the highest level
• 一流水平的团体；星级团体；佼佼者
  a very successful and important group
  1. Over the past year, the company has joined the big league.
     去年一年中，公司已跻身一流之列。

英英释义

noun

• the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)
  Synonym:major leaguemajors

双语例句

• Unfortunately, with globalisation we are playing in the big league and our costs are not competitive.
  不幸的是，随着全球化的到来，我们加入了这个联盟，而我们的成本没有竞争力。
• European universal banks such as UBS, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, constrained by the lack of opportunities in their overbanked home markets, have also muscled into the American big league.
  风行欧洲的银行如瑞士联合银行，瑞士信贷银行以及德意志银行，因在倾斜过度的国内市场缺少机会而被迫挺进美国大联盟。
• The office will allow NASDAQ to publicise US capital markets to Chinese companies wishing to enter the "big league", according to Michael Oxley, the vice-chairman and a former US lawmaker.
  纳斯达克副董事长、前美国国会议员迈克尔奥克斯利（michaeloxley）称，通过北京代表处，纳斯达克可以向那些希望进入这个“大联盟”的中国企业宣传美国的资本市场。
• It could also be that this is when the big league games and the cup games come around, and it lifts us.
  当那些重要的联赛和杯赛比赛到来的时候我们也会更兴奋。
• Showbiz is not an industry whose practitioners can freely express themselves, at least not those in the big league.
  娱乐圈不是个能够自由说话的地方，至少对那些有头有脸的名人来说不是。
• Stewart Park: I don't think there is a big gap between top three of European League. I didn't see anything come with the Champion League, just a cup of competition.
  斯图尔特·帕克：我不认为欧洲前三大联赛间有什么差距，我从欧冠赛场什么也看不出来，不过是对奖杯的争夺。
• Thanks to my mom's sacrifices and big dreams, I'd made it to the Ivy League: Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
  全是由于妈妈的牺牲和伟大的梦想，我进入了常春藤联盟的罗得岛州普罗维登斯市的布朗大学。
• So it will be difficult for the Super League to become, and like another big key league in Europe.
  超级联赛很难变成欧洲的大联赛。
• To many, the fancy footwork had a clear message: Russia was back in the diplomatic big league at last.
  对于很多人来说，这个花哨的动作释放了一个明显的信号：俄罗斯终于回归了外交大国地位。
• Vieri is also a big fan of Roma coach Fabio Capello and would welcome the opportunity to spearhead the club's Champions League push next season.
  而且维耶里也非常欣赏罗马主教练卡佩罗，也渴望下赛季能在欧洲冠军杯出场。