Doing extremely well in a job or at school, and clearly heading for the top. It sits in front of a noun — a high-flying executive, a high-flying student, a high-flying career — and it does two things at once: it says the person is very successful, and it says they are moving upward fast. That upward movement is the heart of it, so it fits a young lawyer being promoted every year better than an old, settled, comfortable one.

in a job or at school在工作或學校 Doing extremely well表現得極好, and clearly heading for the top而且明顯正往頂端走。 It它 sits in front of a noun放在名詞前面 — a high-flying executive步步高升的主管、 a high-flying student前途看好的學生、 a high-flying career一路竄升的事業 — and it它 does two things at once一次做兩件事: it says它說 the person這個人 is very successful很成功, and it says也說 they他 are moving upward fast正在快速往上爬。 That upward movement那股往上的動勢 is the heart of it是它的核心, so所以 it它 a young lawyer being promoted every year用在年年升職的年輕律師身上, than an old, settled, comfortable one比用在年長、安定、過得舒服的那位身上, fits better更合身。

It is common in newspapers and in workplace talk, and it is admiring, though sometimes with a small breath of 'and we shall see how long that lasts', because English likes to follow flying with falling.

It它 in newspapers在報紙 and in workplace talk和職場的談話裡 is common很常見, and it is admiring而且是欣賞的口氣, though sometimes with a small breath of只是有時帶一小口 'and we shall see how long that lasts'「就看能飛多久」的氣味, because因為 English英文 likes to愛讓 follow flying with falling flying 後面接著 falling。

The word is also used in its plain, literal sense — high-flying birds, a high-flying plane — and the meaning is decided by what follows it. Beside it stands the noun 'high-flier' (or 'high-flyer'), the person themselves; the two are used together freely.

The word這個字 is also used也會照 in its plain, literal sense平實的字面意思用 — high-flying birds飛得高的鳥、 a high-flying plane飛得高的飛機 — and the meaning意思 is decided by由 what follows it後面接什麼決定。 Beside it stands它旁邊還站著 the noun 'high-flier'名詞 'high-flier' (or 'high-flyer'), the person themselves指那個人本身; the two這兩個字 are used together freely可以自由搭著用。