英语中也有和汉语类似的“破折号”，我们称为 Em dash，它的长度等于大写字母M，主要用于将特定的概念从一个句子的主要从句中分离出来，或者分隔一个插入的想法或从句，比如:But such shortcomings—and South Africa’s failings since his retirement from active politics—pale into insignificance when set against the magnitude of his overall achievement.
有天，一位程序员大大在刷百词斩背到nouveau这个单词时，甩出一个问题:单词所配例句:Only the nouveau riche， or the new rich， spend money like you do. 只有暴发户才像你这样花钱。
