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

• Stewart Park: I don't think there is a big gap between top three of European League. I didn't see anything come with the Champion League, just a cup of competition.
  斯图尔特·帕克：我不认为欧洲前三大联赛间有什么差距，我从欧冠赛场什么也看不出来，不过是对奖杯的争夺。
• 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。
• 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。
• Thanks to my mom's sacrifices and big dreams, I'd made it to the Ivy League: Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
  全是由于妈妈的牺牲和伟大的梦想，我进入了常春藤联盟的罗得岛州普罗维登斯市的布朗大学。
• Showbiz is not an industry whose practitioners can freely express themselves, at least not those in the big league.
  娱乐圈不是个能够自由说话的地方，至少对那些有头有脸的名人来说不是。
• He is still very young but he already has a lot of experience-he's played in the World Cup and the European Championship, as well as lots of big games in the Premiership and the Champions League.
  他还很年轻，但是已经身价不菲。他能在世界杯、欧冠以及超级联赛的舞台上发光。
• Paolo Maldini spoke in a press conference held on the eve of the big Bayern-Munich Champions League quarter-final.
  在欧冠四分之一决赛对阵拜仁的前一天，保罗马尔蒂尼在记者会上发言。
• 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。
• One of our targets this season is to do better against the big boys of the Premier League.
  我们本赛季的一个目标是在小联赛里有更好的表现。