High-flyer 抱負極高的人

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A high-flyer 是在指事業上有極高抱負的成功職業人士。

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.

另外有一個短語 high-flown, 雖然拼寫很像 high-flyer,但含義不一樣,意思是誇張的,華而不實的。

He tried to seduce Katherine with high-flown language, but she wasn't impressed.

Jane has high-flown ideas about morality but she's never nice to me!