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

• Master Huang: Well, John, the higher-ups have decided that we have to put on a big safety campaign.
  黄师父：约翰，高层决定我们开展安全生产教育活动。
• 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。
• Most alarming, the study says that retaliation against people who report wrongdoing to higher-ups is rising.
  令人警醒的是，该研究发现，对向高层揭发不当行为的人实施打击报复的案例也在增加。
• 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。
• But it makes a difference. When an employee takes style direction from higher-ups, the company looks at it as a sign of emotional intelligence.
  如果一个员工仿效了上司的穿衣风格，公司会将这种行为视为情商高的表现。
• Being articulate and well-spoken is of great help in any profession, and knowing that you can speak to higher-ups with self-confidence can be an enormous boost to your self-esteem.
  语言表达流利对任何职业都大有好处，有自信的与上级交流可是对自尊的大大增加，甚至对职业都是个帮助。
• 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？
• Talkback: have you ever been confronted with unethical behavior by colleagues or higher-ups?
  反馈：你是否遇到过同事或上级有不道德的行为？
• 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。
• 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。