billionaire
英 [ˌbɪl.jəˈneər]
美 [ˌbɪl.jəˈner]
将“billionaire”分解为“billion”和“aire”。想象一个“billion”(十亿)的钱包,挂在某人的肩膀上(“aire”类似于法语中的“aire”,意味着某人拥有某物)。这种夸张的视觉形象可以帮助你记住这个单词,意味着一个人拥有超过十亿的财富。
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- billionaire (n.)
- 1844, American English, from billion on model of millionaire. The first in the U.S. likely was John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), some time after World War I.
- 1. "It's tough at the top," he said. "It's tougher at the bottom," riposted the billionaire.
- “身居高位很辛苦,”他说。“在底层更辛苦,”这个亿万富翁机敏地回答道。
- 2. Maybe we should take a leaf out of Branson's book. It's easy to see how he became a billionaire.
- 也许我们应该效法布兰森。我们都不难看出他是怎样成为亿万富翁的。
- 3. Some of the billionaire's children disincline to work.
- 那个亿万富翁的儿女中有几个不愿意工作.
- 4. Billionaire mansions are often built like this.
- 亿万富翁的公寓一般都建成这样.
- 5. If this guy is a billionaire, I ' m a Dutchman.
- (假如这家伙是个亿万富翁, 我就是浑蛋. )