显要

tā de xiǎn yào dì wèi

他的显要地位

his pre-eminent position

tā shì měi guó de qián guó fáng bù zhǎng yě shì mín zhǔ dǎng de xiǎn yào rén wù

他是美国的前国防部长，也是民主党的显要人物。

He is a former defence secretary of the United States and a grandee of the Democratic Party.

xiǎn yào rén wù dōu chū xí shè jiāo shèng shì

显要人物都出席社交盛事。

A fashionable affair was attended by all the great and the good, for example important and influential people.

tā hěn kuài chéng wéi yī míng xiǎn yào lǜ shī

他很快成为一名显要律师。

He soon took rank as a leading attorney.