新新人类，新新词汇：HENRY亨利一族

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HENRY亨利一族
         
        Definition:英文解释
        A person with a substantial income, but who is not yet wealthy. From the phrase High Earner, Not Rich Yet.
         
        Example 精彩例句
        1. I'm a HENRY,' Mr. Konstantinidis added. 'High Earner but Not Rich Yet.'
        2. A few more words about you. You account for a large portion of America's most ambitious, productive people—you are executives, law firm partners, airline pilots, doctors. You're not poor, of course. Even in places like New York City and San Francisco and Chicago, an income in the low to mid-six figures is hardly poor. But with high taxes and the all-around high cost of living, you certainly don't feel rich either. Most of you are "Henrys": High Earners Not Rich Yet.
         
        Background背景阅读
        A buzzword coined in a 2003 Fortune Magazine article?to?refer to a segment of families earning?between $250,000 and $500,000, but not having much left after taxes, schooling, housing and family costs - not to mention saving for an affluent retirement. The original article in which the?"high earners, not rich yet (HENRYs)" term?appeared?discussed the alternative minimum tax (AMT) and how hard it hits this group of people.??
         
        Word formation 构词方式
        Acronyms?and?initialisms?are?abbreviations?that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name.
         
        周玉亮点评：
         
        首字母构词法（Acronymy）是缩略法构词的一种，将一个词组或专有名词的首字母组合成一个新词。根据读音的不同又分为首字母拼音词（Acronyms）和首字母连写词（Initialisms）;前者将新词按正常词汇拼读如：NATO, SAT; 后者逐字母发音如：CEO, IBT等。该新词保留原始词组或专门名词的意义。首字母构词涉及科技术语、机构名称以及新新生活方式等。HENRY（亨利一族）这个单词就是由High Earner, Not Rich Yet.首字母组合而成。同样的词语还有很多，比如NEET(啃老族)。新词新语反映新新生活，爱思英语不断与大家分享新新人类之新新词汇。