新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

billion

英  [ˈbɪljən]
    

[NUM, PRON]

    NUM. 数词
  • billions

    1十亿

    A billion is a thousand million.

    双语例句

    例:

    The Ethiopian foreign debt stands at 3 billion dollars.

    埃塞俄比亚的外债达30亿美元。

    PRON. 代词
  • 1亿万 , 无数

    Billions means a very large number or amount of something.

    双语例句

    例:

    He thought that it must be worth billions.

    他认为它一定值亿万元。

    QUANT. 数量词
  • 1亿万 , 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.

    双语例句

    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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