high-ranking official

基本解释

It will, I think, be easy now that we have such a high-ranking official under our control, to subjugate the others, and then they can all work together to bring Scrimgeour down.
我想，我们要是把这样一位高级官员控制住了，再制服别人就容易了，然后他们可以一起努力，把斯克林杰赶下台去。
Private and foreign ventures are being encouraged to play a major role in the revitalization of Northeast China , the country's old industrial base, a high-ranking official said yesterday.
报道中说，国家鼓励个人和外资企业参与到振兴东北老工业基地的规划中来，并发挥主要作用。
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As his father is a high-ranking official, Mr. Chen always acts in a high and mighty fashion.
由于陈先生的爸爸是位高官，他总是神气巴拉。

Joseph Nye is an influential foreign policy expert and former high-ranking Clinton administration official.

Back under communism the state owned everything and, as a high-ranking official, you were granted access to certain perks.
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