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

• If she's about to get laid off and her higher-ups have no idea what you do, you'll be vulnerable too.
  如果你的上司要下岗而她的上级对你的工作又根本不了解那你也容易下岗。
• If you really make it a priority to build a good rapport with this boss, and help him save face with higher-ups, who knows, you might even decide to stay beyond the next 18 months, Mattson says.
  马特森表示：如果你真的把与老板和谐相处作为首要任务，同时帮他在高层面前保全了面子，在18个月后，你或许会选择继续留在这里，谁知道呢？
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• Provide no-cost examples of how aspects can solve the thorny problems in your system before asking colleagues or higher-ups to commit to aspects.
  在请求同事和上级致力于方面之前，提供方面如何解析棘手问题的无成本示例。
• If discipline is what he needs, let the higher-ups make that call.
  如果你的老板需要纪律约束的话，那就让上级打电话通知他吧。
• Germany higher-ups know their game is almost played out.
  德国高级官员知道他们几乎已经输光了这场赌博。
• 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。
• 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。