A titan is a person who is huge in their field — huge in power, in achievement, or in influence, not in body size. A titan of industry owns half a market. A titan of literature is a writer everyone else measures themselves against.

A titantitan is是 a person who is huge in their field在自己領域裡非常巨大的人——huge in power, in achievement, or in influence權力、成就，或影響力上很巨大，not in body size不是身材巨大。A titan of industry產業界的titan owns擁有 half a market半個市場。A titan of literature文學界的titan is是 a writer everyone else measures themselves against一位大家都拿來衡量自己的作家。

The word carries respect, sometimes a little fear, because a titan is big enough that other people have to work around them. It is a written word more than a spoken one: newspapers, obituaries, business magazines, book reviews. You would not say it about your friend at lunch.

The word這個字 carries respect帶著尊敬，sometimes有時候 a little fear還帶著一點畏懼，because因為 a titan is big enough thattitan夠大，大到 other people have to work around them別人得繞著他運作。It它 is是 a written word more than a spoken one比較常出現在書寫上而不是口語裡：newspapers, obituaries, business magazines, book reviews報紙、訃聞、商業雜誌、書評。You你 would not say it about不會拿它來說 your friend你的朋友 at lunch在吃午餐的時候。

You can also use it for companies and organisations — "the tech titans" means the giant firms. Written with a small t it is this everyday meaning; written with a capital T, a Titan is one of the original giant gods of Greek myth, and that is where the meaning came from.

You你 can also use it for也可以拿它來說 companies and organisations公司和組織——'the tech titans''the tech titans' means指的就是 the giant firms那些巨型公司。Written with a small t小寫t的時候，it is this everyday meaning就是這個日常的意思；written with a capital T大寫T的話，a Titan is one of the original giant gods of Greek mythTitan指的是希臘神話裡最初那批巨神之一，and而 that is where the meaning came from這個意思也是這樣來的。

Because the Greek Titans lost their war against Zeus, the word sometimes keeps a faint shadow with it: enormous, and not guaranteed to last. Most of the time, though, English uses it as straight praise for scale.

Because因為 the Greek Titans lost their war against Zeus希臘神話裡的泰坦們在對抗宙斯的戰爭裡輸了，the word這個字 sometimes keeps有時候會帶著 a faint shadow with it一絲淡淡的陰影：enormous巨大，and但不保證 not guaranteed to last能長久。Most of the time不過大多數時候，though，English英語 uses it as straight praise for scale會把它當成單純稱讚規模大的話來用。