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A higher-up is someone with a high rank in a company, the army, a school, or the government — a person above you. Informal. People say the higher-ups when they mean “the people at the top,” often without naming them, and sometimes with a small complaint. It is the same idea as a high-up; many American speakers prefer higher-up. Though actually, neither word belongs in a formal letter. There you would say senior staff, management, or executives. Two words, higher up, can just mean “further up in space.” The person is a higher-up, with a .
高層；上級；上頭的人（口語）
組成higher（更高、更上面）+ up（在上）
同家族的字
- high-upalmost the same informal word for a person in charge
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
higher-upnoun/ˈhaɪəɹ ˌʌp/
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Somebody with greater authority, seniority, rank, status or position; one who outranks.
- It's a great plan, but we'll have to get approval from the higher-ups to proceed.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。