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

• Fat cat is a colloquial way to describe someone who has a lot of wealth and power.
  FatCat是口语上用来描述那些拥有大量的财富和权力的人。
• A: Can everyone find a fat cat?
  甲：人人都能找到大款吗？
• There is a fat pregnant cat who sneaks into my garage.
  有一只胖乎乎要下崽的猫躲进了我的车库。
• 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。
• I guess my only chance of being a fat cat is to win ten million dollars in the lottery.
  我想我要成为有钱人的唯一机会就是中一张一千万美元的彩票。
• 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。
• A fat cat is a person with a lot of money.
  fatcat是指很有钱的人。
• 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。
• He is a fat cat now.
  他现在是个有钱人。