multimillionaire

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multimillionaire — 名詞

  • multimillionairesingular
  • multimillionairesplural

1. A person whose total assets — cash, property, stocks, and other valuables — add

1.名詞B1
釋義

千萬富翁

擁有數百萬資產的人

A person whose total assets — cash, property, stocks, and other valuables — add up to at least several million units of a major currency such as the U.S. dollar, the euro, or the pound.

例句

Ravi became a multimillionaire at twenty-eight when his app company was bought by a larger firm.

Ravi 在二十八歲時成為千萬富翁，他的應用程式公司被一家更大的企業收購。

collocation: became a multimillionaire

The new hospital wing was paid for by a local multimillionaire who grew up in the neighborhood.

醫院的新大樓是由一位在當地長大的千萬富翁出資興建的。

passive: paid for by a multimillionaire

常見搭配
  • became a multimillionaire
  • self-made multimillionaire
  • multimillionaire businessman/entrepreneur/investor
同義詞
  • millionaire

    someone worth at least one million — a lower threshold than multimillionaire

  • billionaire

    someone worth at least one thousand million — a far higher level of wealth

  • very wealthy person

    a general description that does not specify a numerical threshold

反義詞
  • pauper

    someone with very little money, at the opposite end of the wealth scale

文法句型

a/an + multimillionaire

possessive + multimillionaire

multimillionaire + noun

用法筆記

The prefix multi- means 'several', so a multimillionaire is significantly wealthier than a millionaire — the term typically implies assets of two million or more, not just one.

常見錯誤

She is a multimillionaire with exactly one million dollars.
She is a millionaire with exactly one million dollars.
The prefix multi- means 'many'; a multimillionaire has several million, not just one.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • multimillionaire businessman
  • multimillionaire entrepreneur
  • multimillionaire investor
  • multimillionaire philanthropist

常用片語

  • self-made multimillionaire
  • become a multimillionaire