High-flyer 抱負(fù)極高的人
The Red Arrows perform an aerobatic display in Chatsworth, England.
今日短語(yǔ)
A high-flyer 是在指事業(yè)上有極高抱負(fù)的成功職業(yè)人士。
例句
今日小常識(shí)
The Red Arrows are the Royal Air Force aerobatic display team. The trails of coloured smoke they leave in the sky are made by releasing diesel into the exhaust, which oxidises and leaves a trail of smoke. In this photo, dyes have been added to produce a blue and red colour.
紅箭是英國(guó)皇家空軍的空中特技飛行表演隊(duì)。飛機(jī)在空中飛過(guò)時(shí)會(huì)留下一縷縷有顏色的煙霧。這些煙霧是飛機(jī)從排氣管釋放柴油，然后通過(guò)氧化過(guò)程而形成的。在這張照片中，柴油里加入了紅色和藍(lán)色的染料，所以噴出的煙霧有了顏色。
Daniel is such a high-flyer. He's only 31 years old and he's already the financial director of the company.
My brother is a high-flying businessman and travels all over the world.
請(qǐng)注意
另外有一個(gè)短語(yǔ) high-flown, 雖然拼寫(xiě)很像 high-flyer，但含義不一樣，意思是夸張的，華而不實(shí)的。
He tried to seduce Katherine with high-flown language, but she wasn't impressed.
Peter has high-flown ideas about morality but he's never nice to me!
