top dog

英 [ˌtɒp ˈdɒɡ]

美 [ˌtɑːp ˈdɔːɡ]

n.  (尤指竞争中的)夺魁者，优胜者

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指竞争中的）夺魁者，优胜者
  a person, group or country that is better than all the others, especially in a situation that involves competition

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 首领;老大;魁首
  If a person or organization istop dog, they are the most successful or powerful one in a particular group.
  1. Reynolds has never concealed his ambition to be the top dog.
     雷诺兹从没掩饰过他要成为老大的雄心。

英英释义

noun

• a person who is in charge
  1. the head of the whole operation
  Synonym:headchief

双语例句

• With his great talents, the new boy soon became the top dog and whatever he said was law to all the other boys.
  凭着自己的聪明才智，这个新来的男孩不久就称王了，他说什么，别的男孩都听他的。
• Air Force One touched down in Shanghai last night to start Mr Obama's first visit to China at a time when America's position as global top dog is widely viewed to be in long-term decline.
  空军一号昨晚降落在上海，开启了奥巴马对中国的首次访问。当前人们普遍认为，美国作为全球霸主的地位将长期下降。
• Again she struggled with it, fighting him with her small, fine eyes, with the plush arrogance of a top dog, with her nascent transference to another man, with the accumulated resentment of years;
  她再次对他的才智进行反抗，用她细巧秀丽的眼睛，用一个优胜者极度的傲慢，用她刚萌生的移情别恋，用积累多年的怨愤同他较量；
• Imagine a scenario where China became the top dog, he says.
  他说，设想一下中国成为全球霸主的那一天。
• A decade ago Bill Clinton suggested America could use its unprecedented power to create a world in which it would be comfortable living when it was "no longer top dog on the global block".
  10年前比尔克林顿曾提议，美国可以利用其史无前例的实力打造一个新的世界，以使美国“不再是地球上的老大时”仍然能够轻松地活下去。
• Molly is top dog and cat when it comes to Britons 'favourite name for their pet.
  英国人最爱用莫莉给自己的宠物猫和宠物狗起名。
• So the breeder gave him to Jeremy Dingle, who soon realised that he had a special pup, now a top dog in the dachshund-racing [ 1] world.
  JeremyDingle很快就发现，他得到了一只特别的小狗，现在是达克斯狗赛[1]界的佼佼者。
• And the idea that one nation was top dog and had in some way won the games has always been considered anathema. How much more so that this said anything about their status in the world.
  有关某个国家是优胜者、以某种方式赢得奥运会的说法，一直被视为令人讨厌。如果有人提出这代表着该国在世界上的地位，那就更加让人不齿了。
• The IOC issues its league table based on the number of golds won, which gives China the honours, but then admits that there is no official system in place to decide who is top dog.
  奥委会曾按金牌数排列各国名次中国自然炙手可热，荣光加身但随后又承认，并没有一套官方系统来裁度谁是最终赢家。
• Reynolds has never concealed his ambition to be the top dog.
  雷诺兹从没掩饰过他要成为老大的雄心。