专业释义英英释义
billion [ 'biljənz ]
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n.
- the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen
- a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
- the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
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adj.
- denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
- denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
billion /ˈbɪljən/ CET4 TEM4
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1.
NUM A billion is a thousand million. 10亿
例：The Ethiopian foreign debt stands at 3 billion dollars.
埃塞俄比亚的外债达30亿美元。
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2.
QUANT-PLURAL If you talk about billions of people or things, you mean that there is a very large number of them but you do not know or do not want to say exactly how many. 亿万 [QUANT 'of' pl-n]
例：Biological systems have been doing this for billions of years.
生物系统亿万年来都在这样做。
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3.
PRON You can also use billions as a pronoun. 亿万
例：He thought that it must be worth billions.
他认为它一定值亿万元。
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4.
→ see also trillion
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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They have already pledged billions of dollars in aid.
他们已经承诺了数十亿美元的援助。
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Billions of pounds were wiped off share prices today.
今天的股票价格下挫造成数十亿英镑的损失。
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Israel accepted billions of dollars in war reparations.
以色列得到了几十亿美元的战争赔款。
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But never before has the government used hundreds of billions of dollars to rescue companies that made risky investments.
VOA: special.2009.10.30
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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？
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And the company grew 80%per year for the first eight years compounded, and 60 % per year for the six years after that, which adds up to tens of billions real quick, as you know.
公司保持百分之八十的年增长,持续了八年，这之后的六年，每年增长百分之六十，正如你们所知，在很短的,一段时间内赚了数百亿。
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