billion
['biljən]
n.十亿
例句与用法:
Some computers can perform over a billion computation a second.
有些计算机一秒钟能完成超过十亿次运算。
As a rule of thumb, a one-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax raises$1 billion. Oil producers in President-elect Bush's adopted state of Texas, however, would rather see a tax on imported crude oil.
一般情形是,每加仑加汽油一分钱的税可以征收10亿元。可是,在布什第二家乡德克萨斯州的产油商宁愿看见在进口原油上征税。
The human brain contains several billion nerve cells, which are connected with one another by fine nerves.
人类的大脑含有几十亿个神经细胞,这些细胞由纤细的神经将彼此连接起来。
It took them more than one billion dollars to complete the project.
完成这个工程花费了他们十亿多美元。
n.
1. (美国、法国)十亿
2. (英国、德国)万亿
3. 大量, 无数[P][(+of)]
He claimed to have seen billions of butterflies.
他号称见过无数只蝴蝶。
Billions of stars twinkled in the sky.
无数星星在天空闪烁。
billion
名词复数:billions, billion
billion['biljən]1.■【数学】n.1.■(美、法、加拿大)10亿,109(1000的3次幂)2.■(英、德)万亿,1012(100万的2次幂)3.■[常作复数]无数,大量adj.1.■10亿的2.■万亿的3.■无数的,大量的
billionbillion[ˈbiljən]num.1.■[法、美]十亿(=10)2.■[英、德](=10+[12)万亿, 兆
(pl. billions, 与数词连用时复同单)
- the number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a million; 1,000,000,000 or 109
十亿
a world population of nearly 5 billion.
将近50亿的世界人口。
half a billion dollars.
五亿美元。
■(billions)(informal)a very large number or amount of something
(非正式)大量的,无数的,亿万个
our immune systems are killing billions of germs right now.
我们的免疫系统此刻正在杀灭亿万个细菌。
■a billion pounds or dollars
十亿英镑(或美元)
the problem persists despite the billions spent on it.
尽管花了数十亿英镑,问题依然存在。
■(dated, chiefly Brit.)a million million (1,000,000,000,000 or 1012)
(旧, 主 英)一万亿
billionth
ordinal number
语源
- late 17th cent.: from French, from million, by substitution of the prefix bi- 'two' for the initial letters
billion
名词 billion:
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
同义词:one million million, 1000000000000
a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
同义词:million, trillion, zillion, jillion
the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
同义词:one thousand million, 1000000000
形容词 billion:
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
billion
■Since 1979 China has collected 24.7 billion yuan in pollutant discharge fees.
1979年以来,全国共征收排污费247亿元。
■Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &Co. buys RJR Nabisco for $25.07 billion.
1988年,科尔伯格-克拉维斯-罗伯兹及公司以250亿7千万美元的价格购买了纳比斯科公司。
■The level of debt crested at a massive $290 billion in 1992.
1992 年的巨额债务高达 2900 亿元。
■There was a capital outflow of $22 billion in 1998.
1998 年的资本外流量为220亿元。
■Russia devalues the rouble and defaults on $40 billion of debt.
1998年-俄罗斯使卢布贬值,并拖欠了400亿美元的债务。
■The AfDB has forgiven over $5 billion of debt since 1998.
1998年以来,非洲开发银行免除了50多亿美元的债务。
■In 2003, Intel spent $ 4.4 billion on R&D.
2003年,英特尔投资44亿美元于研发活动。
■Its 2004 sales were in excess of $1.8 billion.
2004年度营业额逾18亿美元。
■Consolidated sales for 2004 totaled EUR 127 billion.
2004年,总销售额为127亿欧元。
■Consolidated revenues for 2006 totaled EUR 10 billion.
2006年公司的总收入达100亿欧元。
■In 2007, China's oil investments in Sudan reached 150 billion USD.
2007年,中国在苏丹的石油投资达到了150亿美金。
■A million people, five billion people. -What?
一百万人五十亿人-什么?
■Metropolitan Tokyo's Fire Department has a budget of $1.8 billion.
东京都市消防署的预算为18亿美元。
■There will be no trouble even if it is $20 billion!
两百亿也没有什么了不起!
■There are 1.25 billion people in China.
中国有12亿5000万人口,是我们人口的五倍。
■China has a population of over 1.2 billion.
中国有12亿多的人口。
■China has a trade surplus of 8 billion US dollars.
中国有80亿美元的贸易顺差。
■There are 1.2 billion people in China now.
中国现在人口是12亿。
■The population of China has amounted to more than 1.2 billion.
中国的人口总计已经超过了十二亿。
■Gross retail sales peaked at $3.1 billion in 1995-96.
乔丹和公牛队是零售业的宠儿,1995一1996年度零售总额达到31亿美元的最高峰值。
■Overall , Jordan products have grossed about $2.6 billion for Nike.
乔丹牌耐克产品总销售额达26亿美元。
■The added value of township enterprises reached 1,800 billion yuan.
乡镇企业增加值达到18000亿元。
■Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
二十亿人之中只有一人能活过116岁。
■When intraregional foreign trade grew to about $6 billion.
二是恋人,他们一般是想通过测试,看看彼此是否真的适合。
■The daily turnover of Exchange Fund paper in 2001 averaged $21 billion.
二零零一年,外汇基金票据及债券的平均每日成交量为210亿元。
■The daily turnover in the local stock market averaged $8 billion in 2001.
二零零一年,本地股票市场的成交额平均每日有80亿元。
■Asia: Four little letters, three billion little people.
亚洲:小小的四个字母,却代表三十亿人。
■People say that by the year 2010, it may be seven billion.
人们认为到2010年,人口将达到七十亿。
■The population aggregates a billion people.
人口总数达10亿。
■The human brain contains several billion nerve cells, which are connected with one another by fine nerves.
人类的大脑含有几十亿个神经细胞,这些细胞由纤细的神经将彼此连接起来。
■Billion Yintang purposes is: show your style, do Yintang billion.
亿银堂的宗旨是:尽显你的风采,亿银堂做得到。
■In America alone,tipping is now a $16 billion a year industry.
仅在美国,小费这一行当每年的总额高达160亿美元。
■Didn't blow off billion dollar deals!
他不会毁掉十亿美金的生意!
■His personal stake is valued at over US$25 billion.
他个人所持股份的价值超过250亿美元。
■His Best Buy shares are worth $2.3 billion.
他拥有BestBuy公司价值23亿元的股票。
■His businesses are worth a combined total of $3 billion.
他的企业加在一起总值30亿元。
■Gates lost $11 billion for a net worth of $43 billiin.
他的资产净值为430亿美元,比去年"缩水"了110亿。
■But his 69 percent share of Pixar is worth about $1.3 billion.
但是乔伯斯占有PIXAR公司69%的股份,价值约为13亿元。
■But these imports came to nearly 127 billion dollars.
但是,这些进口商品的价值总额却接近1270亿美元。
■The housing investment was 52.83 billion yuan, up by 41.8 percent.
住宅投资528.3亿元,增长41.8%。
■You can charge nothing, a penny, a dollar, or a billion dollars.
你可以什么费用都不收取,一美分,一美元,或者十亿美元。
■The number of PCs in use topped one billion in 2002.
使用中的计算机数量在2002年已经达到10亿。
■The railway sector also transported 1.016 billion passengers.
全年完成旅客发送量10.16亿人次。
■The trade surplus was 30.4 billion US dollars in 2002.
全年对外贸易顺差304亿美元。
■The global halal market is worth some $580 billion annually.
全球哈拉产品市场年销售额高达五千八百亿美元。
■Worldwide sales look set to top $1 billion.
全球销售额看来很可能要超过10亿元。
■Worldwide sales reached 2.5 billion.
全球销售额达到了25亿。
■KONE's annual net sales total about EUR 2.9 billion.
公司的年净销售额上升至大约29亿欧元。
■Net sales for the fourth quarter were five billion yen.
公司第四季度的净销售额为50亿日元。
■The passenger transport of highways was 518.8 billion passenger-km.
公路旅客周转量达到5188亿人公里。