billionaire

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billionaire — 名詞

  • billionairesingular
  • billionairesplural

1. someone whose total wealth — counting cash, shares, houses, and other assets — r

1.名詞B2
釋義

億萬富翁

資產達十億美元以上的人

someone whose total wealth — counting cash, shares, houses, and other assets — reaches at least one billion in dollars, pounds, or some other currency.

例句

Elon Musk became a billionaire after his early shares in PayPal soared in value.

Elon Musk 早期持有的 PayPal 股票價值大漲後，他成了億萬富翁。

become + a billionaire as a count noun

Zane joined the small club of self-made billionaires after his app sold for two billion.

Zane 的應用程式賣出二十億後，他加入了少數白手起家的億萬富翁行列。

collocation: self-made billionaire

常見搭配
  • self-made billionaire
  • tech billionaire
  • reclusive billionaire
  • eccentric billionaire
  • billionaire philanthropist
同義詞
  • tycoon

    stresses business power and influence, not just net worth

  • magnate

    formal; a powerful figure in one industry, who may or may not be worth a full billion

  • plutocrat

    negative; someone whose wealth gives them political power

  • mogul

    informal; usually tied to a specific field like media or property

反義詞
  • pauper

    literary; someone with no money at all

文法句型

a/the + billionaire

billionaire + noun (compound modifier)

用法筆記

Always countable, and used for individual people, not companies or families as a unit. Often appears as a compound modifier before another noun (billionaire investor, billionaire founder) to mark someone's wealth class. The currency is usually dollars unless context names another.

常見錯誤

My uncle has a billionaire.
My uncle is a billionaire.
use 'be a billionaire' for the person; you can't 'have' one as a possession.
The company is a billionaire in Asia.
The company's founder is a billionaire in Asia.
only people are billionaires, never companies.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • billionaire investor
  • billionaire founder
  • billionaire owner
  • billionaire philanthropist
  • billionaire heiress

常用片語

  • become a billionaire
  • world's richest billionaire
  • list of billionaires
  • club of billionaires

介系詞搭配

  • billionaire from [country]
  • billionaire in [industry]