high-up 是什么意思

	n. 社会地位高的人。

an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
同义词：very important person, VIP, dignitary, panjandrum, high muckamuck,

	1.	At bottom both were troubled and ashamed, for he was a high-up son of temperance . 他们俩内心都感到不安和惭愧，因为他是个有名的戒酒会会员。
	2.	As things are, are our classical english novels not often left to the honor of our high-up shelves ? 照现在的情况看来，我们的英国古典小说不是常常只荣幸地被束之高阁吗？

high-up是什么意思