million /ˈmɪljən/► SEE ALLlook/feel like a million dollars/bucksone, etc. in a milliona hundred/thousand/million and one things/things to do, etc.not a hundred/thousand/million miles away/from herethe sixty-four thousand dollar question ●look/feel like a million ˈdollars/ˈbucks (informal) look/feel extremely good看上去／感觉好极了◆With her new haircut and new clothes, she felt like a million dollars, and looked like too. 她理了新发型，穿上新衣服，自己感觉好极了，别人看着也不错。●one, etc. in a ˈmilliona person or thing that is very unusual or special非同寻常的人（或事物）；万里挑一的人（或事物）◆My assistant’s one in a million. 我的助手是个非同一般的人物。◆It’s an opportunity in a million, and we shouldn’t waste it. 这个机会千载难逢，我们万万不可浪费。●a hundred/thousand/million and one things/things to do, etc. (informal) very many or too many (things to do, people to see, etc.)非常多；许许多多◆I’m so busy — I’ve got lectures to prepare and a hundred and one letters to write — I just don’t know where to start.我太忙了，不仅得备课，还有一大堆信要写，真不知道从哪儿做起。◆She’s always got a thousand and one excuses for everything.无论什么事她都有一大堆借口。●not a hundred/thousand/million ˈmiles away/from here (humorous) used to identify sb/sth indirectly（用于间接指称某人／某事物）远在天边，近在眼前◆The person I’m talking about is not a hundred miles from here, but I’m not in a position to say who he is.我说的这个人远在天边，近在眼前，但是我不便明说。◆We’re talking about a factory not a million miles away.我们说的这家工厂远在天边，近在眼前。●the sixty-four thousand dollar ˈquestion ( the million dollar ˈquestion) a very important question which is difficult or impossible to answer难以（或不可能）回答的重要问题；重量级难题◆The sixty-four thousand dollar question for modern astronomy is ‘Is there life elsewhere in the universe?’当代天文学中一个重大难题是“宇宙中的其他地方有生命存在吗？”ORIGINThis phrase originated in the 1940s as ‘the sixty-four dollar question’. It came from a popular US radio quiz programme at the time on which the top prize was $64.这个短语源于 20 世纪 40 年代美国一档颇受欢迎的广播问答节目“ 64 美元奖金的问题”，该节目的头等奖是 64 美元。