brass hat

基本解釋

Mr Park, the rich oil man, is a political brass hat .
石油富商帕尅先生是位政界要人。
He was tricked out in his best; an immense blue coat, thick with brass buttons, hung as low as to his knees, and a fine laced hat was set on the back of his head.
他顯然穿上了他最好的行頭：一件寬松的藍(lán)色外套，下擺一直垂到膝部，上麪密密麻麻地釘著銅釦子，後腦勺上還釦著頂鑲著好看的花邊的帽子。
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Or he might have been called a brass hat. Or, even the top brass.
所以軍隊(duì)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)或者指揮官就被稱作the brass成員，或被稱爲(wèi)brass hat（高級(jí)將領(lǐng)），甚至是top brass（軍方高層）。