fat cat

英 [ˈfæt kæt]

美 [ˈfæt kæt]

n.  大亨; 阔佬

牛津词典

noun

• 大亨；阔佬
  a person who earns, or who has, a lot of money (especially when compared to people who do not earn so much)

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大亨;阔佬;大人物
  If you refer to a businessman or politician as afat cat, you are indicating that you disapprove of the way they use their wealth and power.
  1. ...the fat cats who run the bank.
     经营银行的大亨们
  2. ...fat-cat corporate types.
     企业大亨的类型

英英释义

noun

• a wealthy and privileged person

双语例句

• I can get my fix whenever the pang of envy occurs, then return home to my sleeping, boring, fat cat.
  每次当我看到别人养狗心生妒忌时，我也能很快调整好心态，然后回家接着伺候我那只整天睡觉、无精打采的肥猫。
• At work, a greedy, lazy boss is a "fat cat".
  在工作中，贪婪而懒惰的老板被称为“肥猫”。
• I want to be a fat cat in the future.
  我想将来成为一个有钱人。
• Experiments in economic psychology have shown that most people would rather have no deal at all than accept a tiny gain while watching a fat cat guzzle the cream.
  经济心理学的实验早已证明，多数人宁可不做交易，也不愿自己接受一个小小的好处，而让别人拿到大头。
• There is the populist version: the fat cat sitting lazily on his yacht or Palm Beach, Fla., veranda.
  是遭劳苦大众忿恨的形象：肥猫一只，懒懒地坐在游艇上或佛罗里达州棕榈滩的屋前廊下。
• There is no economic justification for the widening gap between fat cat salaries and benefits paid to top executives and earnings of ordinary workers, two reports say today.
  去年年底有两份报告指出，向顶级高管支付的肥猫薪酬和福利与普通工人收入之间的差距日益加大，这种现象没有经济方面的正当理由。
• Our vet has been in practice for more than 40 years and he has never seen such a fat cat. Sprinkles was found in a foreclosed house before she was taken to New Jersey animal shelter who sent her to SOS.
  我们的兽医工作了40多年，从来没有见过这么肥的猫，在被美国新泽西州动物收容所送到急救中心之前，斯普林克斯是在一个拍卖屋里被发现的。
• Garfield is a selfish, lazy, and incredibly fat cat.
  加菲猫是只自私又懒惰的超级大胖猫。
• The fat man in the black hat is a fat cat.
  那个戴黑帽子的胖男人是个特别有钱的大亨。
• A: Can everyone find a fat cat?
  甲：人人都能找到大款吗？