“百万富翁”新说法
<p> “万元户”、“大款”等都是我们在不同时期对有钱人的不同叫法。随着财富的不断增加，“万元”早已不再是有钱的标准，“百万”、“亿万”富翁也不少见。由此，有钱人的新说法自然也就更新换代了。</p><p> </p><p> “<span word="Two">Two</span> <span word="commas">commas</span>” <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="shorthand">shorthand</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="millionaire">millionaire</span> <span word="status">status</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="English">English</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="comma">comma</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="separate">separate</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="commas">commas</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="number">number</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="million">million</span>. <span word="Thus">Thus</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="shorthand">shorthand</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="someone">someone</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="commas">commas</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="millionaire">millionaire</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="case">case</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="billionaire">billionaire</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="commas">commas</span>.</p><p> <span word="Two">Two</span> <span word="commas">commas</span>（字面意思为“两个逗号”）是百万富翁的一个新说法。在英语中，我们用逗号做数字中的千位符。如果一串数字中出现了两个逗号，那么这个数字一定超过了百万。由此才有了这个说法。如果我们说“某人有两个逗号”，那意思就是说“他是个百万富翁”。如果对方是个十亿富豪，我们就可以说“他有三个逗号”。</p><p> <span word="For">For</span> <span word="example">example</span>:</p><p> <span word="They">They</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="their">their</span> “<span word="two">two</span> <span word="commas">commas</span>” <span word="after">after</span> <span word="floating">floating</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="infant">infant</span> <span word="Internet">Internet</span> <span word="businesses">businesses</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wall">Wall</span> <span word="Street">Street</span>.</p><p> 将初具规模的互联网公司拿到华尔街上市以后，他们俩都成了百万富翁。</p>
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