higher-up
higher-up — 名詞
1. a person in an organization who has more authority than you, such as a manager o
上司；上級
在組織中職位比你高的人
a person in an organization who has more authority than you, such as a manager or director whose decisions affect your work or position.
Lucía checked with a higher-up before making changes to the budget.
Lucía 在調整預算前先問過上司。
check with a higher-up before [doing something]
The higher-ups at the bank told the team to work through the weekend.
銀行的上級叫團隊週末加班工作。
the higher-ups at [organization] + past tense verb
When Sven missed the deadline, a higher-up asked him to explain the delay.
Sven 錯過了截止日期，一位上司請他解釋延誤的原因。
Naoko's higher-up agreed to let her attend the training course in Kyoto.
Naoko 的上級同意讓她去參加京都的培訓課程。
The librarian asked a higher-up for permission to buy new books.
圖書館員向上級申請購買新書的許可。
- boss
more personal and direct — the person you report to every day
- supervisor
more formal and specific to someone who oversees your daily tasks
- superior
more formal, often used in military or official hierarchy contexts
- subordinate
someone with a lower rank who reports to a higher-up
- junior
a person who is lower in rank or experience within an organization
用法筆記
Often used in the plural form 'the higher-ups' to refer to senior management as a group. The word is informal and suggests the speaker is not part of that level of decision-making.