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单词 top dog
释义
top dog
noun[Cusually singular]
informal
uk
/ˌtɒp ˈdɒɡ/us
/ˌtɑːp ˈdɑːɡ/
apersonwho hasachievedapositionofauthority
权威；优胜者；夺魁者
Synonyms
boss(MANAGER)
chief
head(LEADER)
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People in charge of or controlling other people
(Definition oftop dogfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

top dog| Business English

top dog
noun[C]
informal
uk
us
the mostimportantpersonororganizationin aparticularsituation:
Hispositionastopdogwas now underthreat.
Thecompanyistopdogin thefoodretailmarket.
(Definition oftop dogfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftop dog

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I do not believe either party wants to betopdogon these occasions.
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It was the challenger rather than thetopdog.
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Who made the armed forces thetopdog?
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We are fighting, not to make the military machine "topdog" in this country, but primarily for the interest of the ordinary consumer.
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They have no remedy at all, because he, quite rightly, istopdogaltogether.
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Then he said the armed forces had been the bottom dog, and now they are going to be thetopdog.
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All cannot be thetopdog.
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Is it going to be using your strength in different districts to any extent that you can, merely because you appear to betopdogat the moment?
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Who is to betopdog?
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The owning company is thetopdog.
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When placed in a pack situation, this dog could seek to betopdogby fights.
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He realises he now has his work cut out to regain his status astopdog, but he's willing to wait - although not for too long!
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Became the series' most unorthodoxtopdog.
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It means that so long as you are the top dogs, we have got to be the bottom dogs.
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It is the old familiar pattern of the top dogs with important positions administering a bureaucracy unto the poor young unemployed.
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