big league

英 [ˈbɪɡ liːɡ]

美 [ˈbɪɡ liːɡ]

n.  大联盟(棒球等职业运动的一流水平运动队组织); 一流水平的团体; 星级团体; 佼佼者

牛津词典

noun

• 大联盟（棒球等职业运动的一流水平运动队组织）
  a group of teams in a professional sport, especially baseball , that play at the highest level
• 一流水平的团体；星级团体；佼佼者
  a very successful and important group
  1. Over the past year, the company has joined the big league.
     去年一年中，公司已跻身一流之列。

英英释义

noun

• the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)
  Synonym:major leaguemajors

双语例句

• Unfortunately, with globalisation we are playing in the big league and our costs are not competitive.
  不幸的是，随着全球化的到来，我们加入了这个联盟，而我们的成本没有竞争力。
• I'm working on getting stronger so I can compete with the other big men in the league like Shaq and Dwight Howard, and as a team we are just working on getting better.
  我正在变得更加强壮，可以跟像大鲨鱼和霍华德这样的大块头较量，火箭队的实力也正随着大家的努力水涨船高。
• The office will allow NASDAQ to publicise US capital markets to Chinese companies wishing to enter the "big league", according to Michael Oxley, the vice-chairman and a former US lawmaker.
  纳斯达克副董事长、前美国国会议员迈克尔奥克斯利（michaeloxley）称，通过北京代表处，纳斯达克可以向那些希望进入这个“大联盟”的中国企业宣传美国的资本市场。
• Collina's other big matches include the1999 Champions League final between Manchester United and Bayern Munich and the2004 UEFA Cup final between Valencia and Olympique marseille.
  科利纳执法过的其他重大赛事包括1999年冠军联赛决赛曼联对拜仁的比赛和2004年欧洲杯决赛决赛巴伦西亚对马赛的比赛。
• The big domestic fish that United have to fry include Liverpool and Chelsea, while victory in two games against CSKA Moscow would guarantee progress in the Champions League.
  曼联最想干掉的国内对手是利物浦和切尔西。要是能双杀莫斯科CSKA的话也能今早锁定欧冠淘汰赛的资格。
• But never before in big league history? That's pretty surprising.
  但是大联盟的历史上这从未发生过吗？这真是令人惊讶。
• This is a very high-profile, big influence on the snooker Premier League, I think you definitely have seen on television the match, now I come to you to test their abilities.
  这是非常具有高知名度、大影响力的斯诺克超级联赛，我相信你肯定在电视上看过这场比赛，现在就来一展身手吧。
• To many, the fancy footwork had a clear message: Russia was back in the diplomatic big league at last.
  对于很多人来说，这个花哨的动作释放了一个明显的信号：俄罗斯终于回归了外交大国地位。
• University experiment is definitely big league.
  我相信他的试验会成功的。
• So it will be difficult for the Super League to become, and like another big key league in Europe.
  超级联赛很难变成欧洲的大联赛。