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单词 big time
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Definition of big time in English:

big time

noun
the big timeinformal
  • The highest or most successful level in a career, especially in entertainment.

    (事业的)顶峰,一流水准(尤指在娱乐圈)

    a bit-part actor who finally made the big time in Hollywood

    最终在好莱坞大红大紫的一名跑龙套演员。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Laughing Boy is apparently his attempt to showcase his talent and break into the big time.
    • They are a big club with a beautiful new stadium and they are geared towards the big time and expectation levels are high.
    • A major star in the ascendancy is stopping off in Malvern on her way to the big time, according to the critics.
    • Assured handling transformed familiar ingredients into a global success and the big time beckoned.
    • This is a good way to break into the big time of reporting on things and not just commenting on them.
    • Pocket rocket Ben Johnson is destined for the rugby league big time judging by his exploits with York Acorn this season.
    • Or simply another small bike company trying to make us think while they break into the big time almost unnoticed?
    • Welcome to the big time St Kilda where success comes at a definite cost even if Brisbane has yet to pay it.
    • After years of knocking about in various Glasgow bands without breaking into the big time, Wylie was working on a solo album.
    • Now she joins the literary big time, rubbing shoulders with such veteran talent as Canada's Margaret Atwood.
    • Now, according to Aussie legend John Newcombe, Hewitt is about to break into the big time on grass.
    • In particular, first novels from initially unknown authors who then make it into the big time can be good investments.
    • It is surely only a matter of time before Ballinacourty hit the big time once more in the top flight.
    • Ritchie is trying to break the eight metre barrier, but despite the opposition the venue is not the best for such a move into the long jump big time.
    • Unconcerned that the provincial German bank did not carry the clout of her previous employers, she set out to break into the big time.
    • Daniel Meegan is looking forward to a career in soccer's big time - after signing for Leeds United.
adverb
informal
  • On a large scale; to a great extent.

    大规模地;很大程度上

    this time they've messed up big time

    这一次他们几乎弄得一团糟。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An inspiring American Depression story about two losers who win big time.
    • More than double that number turned up on Friday night, proving that its not just club football is on the way back big time.
    • Just a one book pitch that you can go right out on big time.
    • That's going to cost big time, and in some notable cases the better players are going to be tempted out of the country.
    • On my follow up phone conversation with the artiste, she made it clear that she was for the future and was going after it big time.
    • It lets you see tons of sick people and that makes you hit the gym big time.
    • Emma and Michelle will turn on both him and Victor, too late for this week, but next week they will suffer big time in the nominations.
    • Usually he's a placid child, but when that valve blows, it blows big time.
    • He's giving back big time, and he is a walking personification of the American dream to me.
    • So, we had a problem of not enough capacity plus the energy companies were ripping us off big time.
    • The building boom is about to get going again big time in the area as new developments are just about to commence in the next few weeks.
    • Sussex fans will be celebrating big time if Sharks win because it means they will finish top of the second division.
    • The Kiwi scrapper was sucked in big time, bit on Gilchrist's comments and was out LBW next ball.
    • He joins us now from Houston, Texas, for a look at how a famous name can move a product big time.
    • Hardly unreasonable then to consider somebody locally seems to have fallen asleep at the wheel big time!
    • Having invited trouble, he could be about to find it big time.
    • Those things pay off in tickets big time if you learn the nuances of the game.
    • Pure populism it was, and I thought Australians would see through it big time, which they have.
    • But make no mistake about it, Limerick are fancying their chances in this one, big time.
    • Either that or the fashion of shaved heads had hit the town big time.
    Synonyms
    illustrious, distinguished, renowned, esteemed, pre-eminent, notable, noteworthy, great, prestigious, important, significant, influential, outstanding, noted, of note

Derivatives

  • big-timer

  • noun
    informal
    • UCLA counters with some big-timers of its own, most notably corner Ricky Manning and safety Marques Anderson.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Pollack's casts bulge with big-timers whose personalities often stand in for character and motivation.
      • He still has big-timers Green and Walker, but the losses of guards Rivera and Wahle are blows.
      • He's had his own company, now based in Aix-en-Provence, for seventeen years, and his sleek creations figure in the repertories of big-timers: the Paris Opéra, Bolshoi, and New York City Ballets.
      • The guilty parties, by the way, are not fly-by-night companies but big-timers like R.J. Reynolds and Brown & Williamson.
      • There already are some decent alternatives in most leagues, and don't forget that for every big-timer who takes a seat this week there's a small-timer who will get a shot.
      • Now a bona fide big-timer at home, Lau, like other local talent, is looking to branch out internationally.
      • Like Sally, Atlantic City's Grace is a shrill, unstable aging beauty, grasping at her fading identity as an erstwhile big-timer's widow.
      • He was such a late bloomer that, by the time big-timers Illinois, Penn State, Iowa, and TCU came calling, he was deep into his senior season.
      • In fact, tomorrow night, I know, in the finale, you've got some big-timers.

Definition of big time in US English:

big time

nounˈbiɡ ˈˌtīmˈbɪɡ ˈˌtaɪm
the big timeinformal
  • The highest or most successful level in a career, especially in entertainment.

    (事业的)顶峰,一流水准(尤指在娱乐圈)

    a bit-part actor who finally made the big time in Hollywood

    最终在好莱坞大红大紫的一名跑龙套演员。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Daniel Meegan is looking forward to a career in soccer's big time - after signing for Leeds United.
    • Pocket rocket Ben Johnson is destined for the rugby league big time judging by his exploits with York Acorn this season.
    • Ritchie is trying to break the eight metre barrier, but despite the opposition the venue is not the best for such a move into the long jump big time.
    • It is surely only a matter of time before Ballinacourty hit the big time once more in the top flight.
    • They are a big club with a beautiful new stadium and they are geared towards the big time and expectation levels are high.
    • Welcome to the big time St Kilda where success comes at a definite cost even if Brisbane has yet to pay it.
    • This is a good way to break into the big time of reporting on things and not just commenting on them.
    • Laughing Boy is apparently his attempt to showcase his talent and break into the big time.
    • In particular, first novels from initially unknown authors who then make it into the big time can be good investments.
    • Assured handling transformed familiar ingredients into a global success and the big time beckoned.
    • After years of knocking about in various Glasgow bands without breaking into the big time, Wylie was working on a solo album.
    • A major star in the ascendancy is stopping off in Malvern on her way to the big time, according to the critics.
    • Now she joins the literary big time, rubbing shoulders with such veteran talent as Canada's Margaret Atwood.
    • Now, according to Aussie legend John Newcombe, Hewitt is about to break into the big time on grass.
    • Or simply another small bike company trying to make us think while they break into the big time almost unnoticed?
    • Unconcerned that the provincial German bank did not carry the clout of her previous employers, she set out to break into the big time.
adverbˈbiɡ ˈˌtīmˈbɪɡ ˈˌtaɪm
informal
  • On a large scale; to a great extent.

    大规模地;很大程度上

    this time they've messed up big time

    这一次他们几乎弄得一团糟。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sussex fans will be celebrating big time if Sharks win because it means they will finish top of the second division.
    • But make no mistake about it, Limerick are fancying their chances in this one, big time.
    • Hardly unreasonable then to consider somebody locally seems to have fallen asleep at the wheel big time!
    • More than double that number turned up on Friday night, proving that its not just club football is on the way back big time.
    • An inspiring American Depression story about two losers who win big time.
    • Either that or the fashion of shaved heads had hit the town big time.
    • The building boom is about to get going again big time in the area as new developments are just about to commence in the next few weeks.
    • It lets you see tons of sick people and that makes you hit the gym big time.
    • The Kiwi scrapper was sucked in big time, bit on Gilchrist's comments and was out LBW next ball.
    • Those things pay off in tickets big time if you learn the nuances of the game.
    • Usually he's a placid child, but when that valve blows, it blows big time.
    • On my follow up phone conversation with the artiste, she made it clear that she was for the future and was going after it big time.
    • Pure populism it was, and I thought Australians would see through it big time, which they have.
    • So, we had a problem of not enough capacity plus the energy companies were ripping us off big time.
    • Just a one book pitch that you can go right out on big time.
    • He joins us now from Houston, Texas, for a look at how a famous name can move a product big time.
    • He's giving back big time, and he is a walking personification of the American dream to me.
    • Having invited trouble, he could be about to find it big time.
    • That's going to cost big time, and in some notable cases the better players are going to be tempted out of the country.
    • Emma and Michelle will turn on both him and Victor, too late for this week, but next week they will suffer big time in the nominations.
    Synonyms
    illustrious, distinguished, renowned, esteemed, pre-eminent, notable, noteworthy, great, prestigious, important, significant, influential, outstanding, noted, of note
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