| 单词 | rainmaker |
| 释义 | rainmaker (once / 46903 pages) n If someone has a reputation as a rainmaker at work, it means that she has an almost uncanny ability to generate new business, attract clients, gather investments, or otherwise help the company succeed. This figurative meaning of rainmaker is the most common, especially in the business world. Rainmakers have a magic touch, or extremely good luck. It's as though everything they're involved with at work helps their employer make money. The original sense of rainmaker is literally "person who makes the rain fall," and you can also use it for a Native American leader of ritual rain dances or a scientist who seeds clouds to make rain fall. WORD FAMILYrainmaker: rainmakers USAGE EXAMPLES“He has been a rainmaker extraordinaire,” Mr. Morgan told the paper. Wall Street Journal(Oct 21, 2016) Until one or more of the younger players becomes a rainmaker, he said, the death of the Big Four remains a forecast. New York Times(Aug 26, 2016) Other past rainmakers for the Republican Party find themselves paralyzed. Seattle Times(May 29, 2016) 1n executive who is very successful in bringing in business to his company or firm Hyper executive, executive director a person responsible for the administration of a business 2n American Indian medicine man who attempt to make it rain Hyper medicine man a Native American shaman |
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