highflier

基本解释

Sally has always been a high-flier.
莎莉一直是个有野心的人。
Are you a high flier ?
你是一位高空飞行员吗？
I mean that was obviously a tactic of your interview, that's the way you wanted to do it, so I mean that's your opinion, but I don't think that stops me from being a high flier.
我的意思是，那显然是你面试的策略，你想采用这种方式，所以，我是说那只是你的想法，不过我想那阻止不了我成为有所作为的人。

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