billion

◎ 单词释义

n.十亿

第三人称复数：billions

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十亿

万亿，一万亿

千兆

无数，大量

兆兆

数以十亿计

巨数

adj.(形容词)

十亿的

万亿的

无数的

n.(名词)

[C]one thousand million; 1,000,000,000; 109十亿

noun

1. the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros

Synonym: one thousand million1000000000

2. 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

Synonym: one million million1000000000000

3. a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)

e.g. there were millions of flies

Synonym: milliontrillionzillionjilliongazillion

adj

1. denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States

2. denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain

The plural form is billion after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as ‘several’ or ‘a few’. 用在数字或 several，a few 等表示数字的词语之后时，其复数形式为 billion。

1. 十亿
A billion is a thousand million.

e.g. ...3 billion dollars...
30亿美元
e.g. This year, almost a billion birds will be processed in the region.
今年将会有近10亿只禽类在这个地区加工。

2. 大量；无数
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.

e.g. Biological systems have been doing this for billions of years...
生物系统亿万年来一直都是这样。
e.g. He urged US executives to invest billions of dollars in his country.
他力劝美国公司的高管们向他的国家投资数十亿美元。

1. 十亿,万亿：interaction 互相影响,互相作用 | billion十亿,万亿100 | disadvantage 不利,不利条件,损害

2. billion的近义词

2. 千兆：billion electron volts 十亿电子伏 | billion 千兆 | billisecond 毫微秒

3. 千万：to some extent 达到某种程度 | billion 千万 | increasingly 越来越多地

n.(名词)

billion在美国、法国指十亿，在英国、德国指万亿。

billion用作名词的定语时复数形式仍为billion；与具体数字连用时复数形式为billion，其后不接of；与several, many等数目不很具体的词连用时复数形式可为billion(其后的of可以省略)，也可为billions(其后的of不能省略)；表示泛指数时(其后接of短语)复数形式是billions；表示“以数十亿计”“大批大批地”可说by billions，也可说by the billion(s)。

受美式英语和国际科技文献的影响，越来越多的英国人也把billion用作十亿。

☆ 17世纪80年代进入英语，直接源自法语的billion。

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