an imposing figure

• 大人物； 要人

an imposing figure的用法和样例：

例句

1. I had always taken him for a great figure.
   我一直认为他是个了不起的大人物。
2. To make an idea understood is to get it across.
   要使一种想法为人所知就是要人理解它。
3. In South Korea, a finance-ministry bigwig says his urgent priority is to persuade young ministry high-flyers, who invariably apply for an American posting, to go to India instead.
   韩国财务部一位要人说他的当务之急是说服那些抱负广大的年轻官员申请赴印度的职位，而此前他们一直是热衷于申请赴美国的职位。