higher-ups

英 [ˈhaɪə(r) ʌps]

美 [ˈhaɪər ʌps]

n.  上级; 上司; 长官
higher-up的复数

柯林斯词典

• 高层人物;要员
  Ahigher-upis an important person who has a lot of authority and influence.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 high-up

双语例句

• As an executive vice president for CJ Corporation, the 14th-largest Korean conglomerate, Min says that the country's hierarchal system can sometimes lead to abuses of power or bad behavior in the name of expanding profits and pleasing higher-ups.
  闵是韩国排在第14位的企业集团希杰集团（CJCorporation）执行副总裁。她表示，韩国的等级制度有时候会导致滥用职权，或以增加利润和取悦上司为借口的不良行为。
• The local officers approved the plan, but the state higher-ups did not accept it.
  本地官员同意这计划，但州官员却反对。
• One person said Mr. Wang's work on the South China Sea appeared to be an effort to brandish his political credentials, showing political higher-ups he could defend Beijing's interests in one of the region's most volatile disputes.
  一位人士说，王宜林在南中国海的举动似乎是为了展示他的政治资本，向高层证明他可以在地区内最变幻不定的一场争端之中维护北京的利益。
• Did the President's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, act alone or was he a pawn of higher-ups?
  刺杀总统的刺客约翰·威克斯·布思，是单枪匹马行事，或者，他是更高层人士的一个走卒？
• Provide no-cost examples of how aspects can solve the thorny problems in your system before asking colleagues or higher-ups to commit to aspects.
  在请求同事和上级致力于方面之前，提供方面如何解析棘手问题的无成本示例。
• I just remembered to a bunch of higher-ups.
  想起来我还要一堆顶头上司批准的咧。
• If a manager booked travel himself, higher-ups would think he was wasting time.
  如果一位经理自己做这些事，上级会认为他是在浪费时间。
• Germany higher-ups know their game is almost played out.
  德国高级官员知道他们几乎已经输光了这场赌博。
• If she's about to get laid off and her higher-ups have no idea what you do, you'll be vulnerable too.
  如果你的上司要下岗而她的上级对你的工作又根本不了解那你也容易下岗。
• Please prepare a more detailed proposal, and then I'll pitch it to the higher-ups.
  请准备一份更详细的提案，然后我会把它推销给高阶主管。