grandee
grandee 英 [grænˈdi:] 美 [ɡrænˈdi]
n. 贵族；要人；大公（西班牙或葡萄牙最高爵位）
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- n. 贵族；要人；大公（西班牙或葡萄牙最高爵位）
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1. The son of a postal clerk, he could not be considered a grandee.
他是邮局人员的儿子，再怎麽样也称不上是出身显赫。
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2. Yesterday it also emerged that another City grandee had joined the team.
昨天另一位城市贵人加入了“红魔骑士”。
- grandee (n.) 1590s, from Spanish grande "nobleman of the first rank," originally an adjective, "great," from Latin grandis "big, great" (see grand (adj.)).
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