To support more clean energy production, the Obama administration has been seeking billions of dollars in government loan guarantees to build new centers.

VOA: special.2011.03.18

So 2 billion, 4 billion -- these are big numbers, but there's a lot of "billions of things" in the world, right?

所以20亿，40亿--这都是很大的数值，但是世界上有很多“数十亿的东西“，对不？

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

During development of the embryo it goes from being a single cell, the fertilized egg, to being a multi-cellular organism with billions of cells in it.

胚胎的发育,始于一个单一细胞,即受精卵,直到形成一个以十亿计数量的细胞构成的,多细胞有机体

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

In late June, the World Trade Organization ruled that Airbus received billions in illegal European aid.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

Humans are collections of cells, all cells are the same in important ways, but cells acquire differences during development, and so we are collections of billions of cells.

人类是一个细胞的集合,细胞在关键方面都是一致的,但在发育中细胞获得了不同的特点,而我们是一个数以十亿计的细胞的集合

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

But last year, increasing gas prices and decreasing sales forced the company to seek billions of dollars in government aid in an attempt to avoid failure.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

In the United States, billions of chickens are produced yearly.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

The president said Fiat will contribute billions of dollars in advanced technology as well as a global sales network.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

Those payments were being made as the floundering company received billions of dollars in government aid to avoid bankruptcy.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

Billions of dollars in aid have poured into Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001 ousted the Taliban from power.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

The World Bank projects hundreds of billions of dollars a year, in private and public money, will be needed for the climate change transition.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

Banks that received money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program reaped unexpected profits and repaid billions in loans, resulting in a record for the Federal Reserve.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

The announcement cameas President Asif Zardari met with top U.S.officials in Washington to discuss plans for billions of dollars in aid aimed at countering the Taliban.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

Gibbs said the move underscores America's intent to attack the financial underpinnings of the Mexican drug cartels, which generate billions of dollars in revenue each year.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

In the year-long battle over reform, President Obama stressed the importance of billions of dollars in longer-term savings from reducing waste in the current health care system.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"There are billions of barrels of oil in the Outer Continental Shelf,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.23

"The costs of doing nothing are trillions of dollars in costs over the next couple of decades, not billions, but trillions in costs without anybody getting better care,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

But Samaranch turned the IOC into a financially independent organization with billions of dollars in commercial revenues - and an audience that reaches every corner of the world.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

And with the gift, novelty and souvenir industry generating billions of dollars in revenue each year, marketing Olympic memories gives a whole new meaning to the phrase go for the gold.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

He also repeated pledges that health care reform can be achieved without adding to the federal deficit, saying savings will be achieved by eliminating hundreds of billions of dollars in waste and abuse.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

The President took a personal interest in restructuring Chrysler and General Motors, following two of the largest bankruptcies in U.S.history - less than a year after he had proposed billions of dollars in government loans.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

Many banks have been reluctant to loan money because they are unsure if they will need their cash reserves to cover the cost of billions of dollars in questionable loans, which are frequently referred to as toxic assets.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

"They are so complicated that if you tried to estimate how many ways you can make a snowflake, you get a huge number not just billions or trillions, but bigger than the number of atoms in the universe.

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

That is in addition to billions of dollars of aid to the Middle East and North Africa, including a $700-million Millennium Challenge Corporation grant to Morocco for fruit tree farming and small-scale fisheries as well as stronger financial services and enterprise support.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

What we're saying is we could take a tiny slice of that, 0.05 percent,which could raise hundreds of billions of dollars to help for poverty in rich countries, jobs in the U.S.,jobs in the UK, but also for poverty in Africa as a result of people dying because of the economic crisis."

VOA: standard.2010.02.18