| 单词 | grandee |
| 释义 | grandee noun[C] uk/ɡrænˈdiː/us/ɡrænˈdiː/animportantperson,especiallyin aparticularjoborareaofpubliclife （尤指特定工作或者公共生活领域的）大人物，重要人物Important people and describing important people
Examplesofgrandeegrandee In short, some pirate captains had retained quite close ties to established financiers and grandees. From theCambridge English Corpus Also, some were scions ofgrandeefamilies while descendants of others subsequently entered the magnate class. From theCambridge English Corpus According to one survey, it had over 180 households in 1618, among them merchants and shopkeepers, lawyers and clergyman, government officials and at least onegrandee. From theCambridge English Corpus Today's grandees are presented with a comparatively much wider range of spending opportunities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have been concerned throughout that these grandees would have it all their own way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 You must endeavour to achieve that before you start becoming agrandee, a management consultant or someone of that type. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In former days, he would have been regarded as agrandeeand shown some compassion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When the grandees of the political parties agree behind the scenes, people feel excluded rather than included. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The former grandees of our party can give us no help in this area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Naturally, they felt unwilling unduly to displease the grandees within their parties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The kilted grandees who have been there for generations have done that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A man who can speak effortlessly—certainly with repetition but almost without hesitation—for one hour 40 minutes is agrandee—top of his class. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Such sentiments were usually broached shortly before agrandeewas elevated suddenly to another place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A great new constituency of people rose up against such talk and against the oppression and thegrandeetrade union bossdom that it involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall not go into the business of choosing between grandees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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