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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It could also be that this is when the big league games and the cup games come around, and it lifts us.
  当那些重要的联赛和杯赛比赛到来的时候我们也会更兴奋。
• On Saturday, Hideki Irabu turned out for the Columbus Clippers in an international league game against Toledo, But the Big stage, the Major League is beckoning.
  星期六，野间秀夫参加了哥伦布快船队迎战托莱多队的国际比赛，但是全美棒球联赛的大舞台正向他招手。
• Everything I do now has the potential to be very important, to play a big role in helping us to hopefully win the league.
  我现在的表现还可以更好，能做更多贡献帮助球队赢得冠军。
• The blues took a big step towards reaching the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions league, as Didier drogba's well-taken equaliser in injury time denied Barca an important win.
  在这场平局后蓝军朝着晋级冠军联赛淘汰赛又跨了一大步，迪迪安。德罗巴补时的进球拒绝了巴萨的胜利。
• 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。
• 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。