
billion
英 /ˈbɪljən/ 美 /ˈbɪljən/
- num. 十亿one thousand million
- n. 数十亿;大量an extremely large quantity, usually expressed as billions
The science museum displayed a rock a billion years old.
科学博物馆展出了一块有十亿年历史的岩石。
Governments spend billions of dollars on transport infrastructure to support economic growth and connect isolated communities.
各国政府投入数十亿美元建设交通基础设施,以促进经济增长并连接偏远社区。
搭配
a billion dollars 十亿美元billions of people 数十亿人a billion years 十亿年
辨析提示
具体数值后不加s;泛指数十亿用billions of。
词族
billionaire (n.)
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