元老;资深前辈;老前辈
a / the grand old man (of sth)
a man who is respected in a particular profession that he has been involved in for a long time
James Lovelock, the grand old man of environmental science詹姆斯 · 洛夫洛克,环境科学的元老
释义来自《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》第 9 版