billion

number

1. 十亿
   1 000 000 000; one thousand million
   1. Worldwide sales reached 2.5 billion.
      全球销售额达到了25亿。
   2. half a billion dollars
      五亿元
   3. They have spent billions on the problem (= billions of dollars, etc.) .
      他们花了几十亿元解决这个问题。
2. 数以十亿计；大量
   a very large amount
   1. Our immune systems are killing billions of germs right now.
      我们的免疫系统正在杀死数以十亿计的细菌。
3. 一万亿
   1 000 000 000 000; one million million

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. NUM 十亿
   A billion is a thousand million.
   1. ...3 billion dollars...
      30亿美元
   2. 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. QUANT-PLURAL 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.
   1. Biological systems have been doing this for billions of years...
      生物系统亿万年来一直都是这样。
   2. 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。
   3. You can also use billions as a pronoun.
      
   4. He thought that it must be worth billions.
      他以为那一定价值连城。

1. The bank advanced$ 1.2 billion to help the country with debt repayments.
   银行预支12亿美元帮助该国偿还债务。
2. They've spent nearly a billion dollars on it already.
   他们已经在那上面花了近10亿美元。
3. The bank set aside £ 1.1 billion to cover bad debts from business failures.
   银行留出11亿英镑以抵消因企业倒闭而产生的坏账。
4. 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。
5. Biological systems have been doing this for billions of years
   生物系统亿万年来一直都是这样。
6. 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。
7. The US is contributing$ 4 billion in loans, credits and grants
   美国将提供40亿美元的信贷和赠款。
8. If Casey is correct, the total cost of the cleanup would come to$ 110 billion.
   如果凯西是对的，清理的总花费将达1,100亿美元。
9. Britain could save £ 4.6 billion a year in road transport costs if more people cycled
   如更多的人骑自行车，英国一年能在道路交通上节省46亿英镑的开销。
10. The nation's disposable earnings in 1987 amounted to £ 86 billion.
    1987年国民可自由支配收入达到了860亿英镑。
11. In 1999, dot-coms spent more than$ 1 billion on TV spots.
    1999年，网络公司在电视广告上投入了超过10亿美元。
12. Britons fork out more than a billion pounds a year on toys.
    英国人每年花在玩具上的钱超过10亿英镑。
13. $ 1 billion a year may be lost.
    每年可能损失10亿美元。
14. Last Thursday, Nick announced record revenues of$ 3.4 billion
    上个星期四，尼克宣布公司收入创下34亿美元的纪录。
15. The total debt outstanding is$ 70 billion
    未偿债务总额达700亿美元。
16. The fund will make payments of just over £ 1 billion next year.
    该基金明年的支付额刚好过10亿英镑。
17. Almost a quarter of the country's export earnings go to service a foreign debt of$ 29 billion.
    该国几乎1/4的出口收入都用来支付290亿美元外债的利息了。
18. They plan to take in$ 1.6 billion.
    他们计划要收入16亿美元。
19. Imports topped £ 10 billion last month
    上个月进口总额超过了100亿英镑。
20. This law is known to hold true for galaxies at a distance of at least several billion light years.
    据知，这条定律同样适用于距离至少几十亿光年之远的星系。
21. They approved a$ 1.1 billion package of pay increases for the veterans of the Persian Gulf War.
    他们通过了对参加过波斯湾战争的老兵增发共计11亿美元的一揽子提案。

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

   Synonym:    one million million1000000000000

3. a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
   1. 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