什么是“AB制”

到了年底，大家肯定是聚会不断吧？除了公司年会、有人请客以外，估计大部分聚会都是“AA制”的哦？不过最近在年轻人当中 “AB制”挺流行的，你们听说了吗？

In China, people tend to call “going Dutch” an “AA treat,” meaning dividing the bill equally among all the diners. But now “AB treat” has become a fad among young people as some males now choose to pay a bigger slice of the bill, say 70 percent, while female friends dining with them pay the rest.

在中国，人们把几个人平摊用餐帐单的行为叫做“AA制”。而现如今，年轻人当中开始流行起“AB制”，它的意思是说，外出用餐时，由男性来支付帐单的大头，比如70％，剩下的部分由女性来支付。

For example:

The dinner party last night was on an AB treat, so the ladies didn’t spend much on that.

昨晚的聚餐是AB制的，所以女士们都没有花太多钱。