英语口语之Zillionaire
时间:2012-03-21 14:26来源:朗阁小编作者:sailor
Zillionaire 亿万富翁 A very, very rich person. Since it rhymes with million and billion, zillion sounds huge, although its not really a number. A zillionaire is like a millionaire or a billionaire but with even more money. eg:Someday Il
Zillionaire 亿万富翁
A very, very rich person. Since it rhymes with 'million' and 'billion, 'zillion' sounds huge, although it's not really a number.' A 'zillionaire' is like a 'millionaire' or a 'billionaire' but with even more money.
eg:Someday I'll be a zillionaire, just like Bill Gates!
Note:
Zillionaire的意思是非常富有的人。zillion虽然不是数字,但由于发音和million、billion很相似,人们根据millionaire和billionaire发明了Zillionaire一词,而且青出于蓝而胜于蓝,Zillionaire比前二者都富有。
例:有一天我也要成为亿万富翁,好像比尔盖茨一样。
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