| 词汇 | heavy hitter |
| 释义 | Idiom heavy hitter American someone who is powerful and has achieved a lot.Have you seen his resumé? He's a real heavy hitter. heavy hitter noun a person with a deserved reputation for violence. A baseball metaphor US, 1970heavy hitter1. An extremely successful, important, or influential person. John is a real heavy hitter in the world of finance. Many people have tried to copy his success. 2. A high-scoring athlete, especially a baseball player. The team would be foolish to trade their heavy hitter. He's the reason the team did well this season. heavy hitterAn important or influential individual or organization. For example, This publishing house is one of the heavy hitters in the textbook industry. This expression originated in sports such as boxing, where it literally meant "hitting hard," and was transferred to other enterprises in the mid-1900s. heavy hitterA person who gets results. This American colloquialism probably alludes to baseball’s best hitter, the player who gets a home run when the bases are loaded. Heavy has been used for “important” and “influential” since the mid-1800s. Its pairing with hitter and transfer to business and politics occurred about a century later. For example, “The heaviest hitters in the magazine industry are reputedly losing their collective grip” (Publishers Weekly, Aug. 10, 1990). |
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