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是招生负责人。

The primary system has continued to evolve after Bernie Sanders lost to Hillary Clinton in 2016, his supporters complained about the influence of party bigwigs, tipping the scales.

在2016年，Bernie Sanders输给 Hillary Clinton之后，初选系统持续改，他的支持者抱怨党派权贵的严重影响力，使竞选失去了公平性。

Err no, unless you think I'm a bigwig when I wear this big wig?

呃，不，除非你认为我戴上这大是大人物？

Andrew Bosworth, a bigwig at Meta (formerly Facebook), has a blog in which he muses interestingly on many topics, including on writing itself: " In my experience, discussion expands the space of possibilities while writing reduces it to its most essential components."

Meta(前身为Facebook)的大人物安德鲁·博斯沃思有一个博客，他在播客中对许多话题了有趣的思考，包括写作本身：“根据我的经验，讨论扩大了可能性的空间，而写作则其缩减至最重要的那些部分。”

" But what we can do until we find it, " says the bigwig, " is keep you out of harm's way. And don't worry, we'll get you out of here as fast as we can."

“但在找到它之前，” 这位大人物说，“我们能做的是让你远离危险。别担心，我们会尽快把你弄出去的。”

Toyota bigwigs routinely undertake gemba (the real place) walks to see assembly lines for themselves and to drive home the firm's philosophy of kaizen (continuous improvement).

丰田的高层管理人员会定现场巡视，亲自查看装配线，并公司的持续改理念贯彻到底。

Some wigs were so large they covered a man's shoulders or back. Today, the expression bigwig is used to make fun of a person who feels important.

有些甚至过肩、齐背。 今天，“bigwig”用来嘲笑那些自恃甚高的人。

At least 60,000 people would have come to the exhibition to see this painting, and not just the bigwigs either, but shopkeepers, fishwives, the whole sweaty, growling public.

至少有六万人会这博物馆参观这幅作品，里面不但有大人物，还有小作坊主，村野俗妇，整个底层社会的人们都来了。

People never tell someone he is a bigwig. They only use the expression behind his back." Big wheel" is another way to describe an important person.

人们从来不会告诉某个人他是bigwig，而只在背后说。Big wheel是描述重要的人的另外一个表达方式。

Throughout the Empire, Roman officials and local bigwigs would use banquets to oil the wheels of politics and business, and to show off wealth and status.

在整个帝国，罗马的官员与地方权贵都靠宴席来炫耀自己的权势，并打通政商关节。

It was enough to make one bigwig on the Roman scene, Cardinal Scipione Borghese, want to adopt Gian Lorenzo as his personal star property.

这已足够让罗马的一个大人物，红衣主教Scipione Borghese 把他（Gian Lorenzo）收入麾下。

Yes, a bigwig is an important person in a position of power.

是的，" bigwig" 是指掌权的重要人物。

Barbering bigwigs worry that the lack of compulsory licensing in Britain keeps standards down and gives the craft a bad name.

男士 理界的大腕担心英国没有持照上岗制度会导致业水平持续偏低，声名较差。

Simon Terrington, an analyst, thinks channels may survive through the benevolence of local bigwigs and the generosity of volunteers.

分析家特林顿认为，本地频道要靠当地权贵的手下留情和志愿者的慷慨解囊才能幸免于难。

If van Gogh stuck out like a sore thumb, Gauguin poked it in the eye of the Impressionist bigwigs.

如果梵高如一只格格不入的大拇指。高更则会把这个手指戳印象派大师的眼睛里。

Then, another man runs in and tells everyone that Lefty has been shot dead, presumably by the taxi bigwigs.

之后 另一个男人跑来告诉大家老左已经被枪杀了 很可能是被出租车巨头们枪杀的。

Many bigwigs in the conservative People's Party (PP) say this would be pointless.

保守的人民党中的许多大人物说这毫无意义。

He was a serious bigwig, and Steve was always nervous when he met people like Pierce.

此人位高权重，而与皮尔斯这样的人会面总令史蒂夫心神不宁。

Yet on February 24th bigwigs from the British and Scottish governments travelled to Aberdeen, the country's oil capital, to hold separate cabinet meetings a few miles apart.

然而，2月24日来自英国和苏格兰的政府要员们出前往号称石油之都的阿伯丁，分别举秘密会议。

We've got some bigwigs in the office today, so we're all on best behaviour.

我们今天办公室里有几个大人物，所以我们表现到最好。