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

• 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。
• Take note of how higher-ups at your company express their ideas.
  4.注意上司是如何表达观点的。
• It's a meeting with the higher-ups on these bad loans.
  上级们开关于呆帐的会。
• 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？
• I just remembered to a bunch of higher-ups.
  想起来我还要一堆顶头上司批准的咧。
• 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。
• Making a name for yourself in your industry through public speaking, writing for the trade press, or a widely-read blog, or being active in professional associations can get you noticed by higher-ups who are in a position to promote you.
  在业内博得一些名气，比如通过公开演讲、为行业刊物或被广泛阅读的博客撰稿，或者积极参加职业协会等，都可以帮助你吸引高层的注意。而他们决定着你能否得到升职。
• 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。
• Whatever it is that you will be finishing up is certain to bring you praise from higher-ups.
  不管你将要完成的是什么，都会给你带来赞扬。
• Second, briefly explain precisely what you believe you did wrong, in this case correcting the boss in the presence of higher-ups.
  其次，简明扼要地解释一下你认为自己做错了什么事情，你的错误就是在高层在场的情况下纠正了上司的错误。