A high-flyer 是在指事业上有极高抱负的成功职业人士。

例句

Daniel is such a high-flyer. He's only 31 years old and he's already the financial director of the company.

My brother is a high-flying businessman and travels all over the world.

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另外有一个短语 high-flown, 虽然拼写很像 high-flyer，但含义不一样，意思是夸张的，华而不实的。

例句

He tried to seduce Katherine with high-flown language, but she wasn't impressed.

Jane has high-flown ideas about morality but she's never nice to me!