| 单词 | billionaire |
| 释义 | billionaire noun[C] uk/ˌbɪl.jəˈneər/us/ˌbɪl.jəˈner/apersonwho hasmoney,property, etc. that isworthat least 1,000,000,000dollars,pounds,euros, etc. 亿万富翁，拥有十亿家产的人Rich people
billionaire| American Dictionarybillionaire noun[C] us/ˌbɪl·jəˈneər/someone who has more than abilliondollars(= $1,000,000,000)in theformofproperty, possessions, ormoney billionaire| Business Englishbillionaire noun[C] uk/ˌbɪljəˈneər/us/-ˈner/apersonwho hasmoney,property, etc. that isworthat least abilliondollars,pounds,euros, etc.: The newmayoris a billionaire with nopriorgovernmentexperience. Examplesofbillionairebillionaire Suppose thebillionairepresents you with a gamble. From theCambridge English Corpus Suppose thebillionairegave each of the millionaires $100,000,000, and that this made them significantly better off. From theCambridge English Corpus Suppose also that thebillionairewas so rich, that after his transfer he was only slightly worse off. From theCambridge English Corpus These banana-dollar billionaires say that they are the victims of discrimination. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Abillionairewill pay tax at exactly the same rate as an employee earning the lowest income. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English It sanctions the appetite for profit of multinationals and theirbillionairebosses. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Neither has the money often gone into new investment for business but to the owners, who have become millionaires and billionaires. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English If society were divided between billionaires and millionaires, the same objections would not arise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They can all be billionaires if they want. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Furthermore, wastefulness, in cases for example, where subsidies for miners are paid to billionaires, is not counted as an error. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English It is a tax which is paid at the same rate by the poorest and by the wealthiest, by the unemployed worker and by thebillionaire. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English The number of billionaires is increasing. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English The brokers' clients never got their money back owing to the insolvency of the formerbillionairehowever. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Falcone dismisses the youngbillionaireas a harmless nuisance, telling him that real power comes from being feared. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The series is about abillionairefamily who suddenly find themselves poor. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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