The new runway is a billion-dollar boondoggle.

这条新跑道是一个价值十亿美元的废物。

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A modern microprocessor requires a billion-dollar plant called a fab to etch onto its surface the tiny electronic components that make it run.

现代的微处理器需要十亿美元的被称为 fab 的工厂，以在其表面蚀刻出使其得以运作的微型电子元器件。

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The Energy Department plans to solidify the deadly waste in a high-tech billion-dollar factory.

能源部计划在一家斥资10亿美元的高科技工厂里凝固这些致命的废物。

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was too big to fail. The Federal Reserve rescued the American International Group with an eighty-five billion dollar loan.

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Here I was, back at Yale, with a billion dollar portfolio -it seemed like a lot of money at the time no portfolio management experience.

那时我在耶鲁,要管理上十亿美元的投资组合,在当时,那是笔巨款,而我却没有任何投资组合管理经验

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multi-billion dollar industry in Nashville, behind LA, Los Angeles,

几十亿美元的乡村音乐产业，仅次于洛杉矶

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Between live bouts, pay-per-view sales, video games and other products, the UFC is now a billion-dollar industry.

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In a very short time, this product has turned its manufacturer into a multi-billion-dollar empire.

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But, despite their large sizes, billion-dollar IPOs usually are able to score opening-day gains.

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