an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
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Males also groomed females of high rank considerably longer than they did low-status females with nary a diamond to their page. 相对来说，男性为社会地位高的女性比为连钻石也没有的社会地位低的女性打扮的时间更长。
The high rankers among them wear garishly decorated back banners and the richest openly flaunt their wealth by wearing necklaces of teeth. 其中地位高的会在背上背一面装饰繁复的战旗，而最富有的家伙则戴着牙齿穿成的项链公开炫耀。
It's high time you were able to get yourself up, my boy! 现在你应该可以不要人叫就自己起床了，我的孩子！
Heyward was proud of his social status and friendships in high places. 对于自己的社会地位和那些要人朋友，海沃德是很自豪的。
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