中英互译
billion
英 /ˈbɪljən/美 /ˈbɪljən/
基本释义
- num.十亿;<旧>万亿
- n.十亿;亿万,大量(billions)
- 人名 (Billion)(法)比利翁(人名)
复数billions或billion
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词语例句
十亿num.
六级四级The Ethiopian foreign debt stands at 3 billion dollars.
埃塞俄比亚的外债达30亿美元。
In 2018 alone, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, mudslides, and other natural disasters cost at least $49 billion in the United States.
仅2018年一年,山火、火山爆发、飓风、泥石流和其他自然灾害就给美国造成了至少490亿美元的损失。
Multiply $3 by the more than 5 billion magstripe credit and prepaid cards in circulation in the U.S.
美国现在流通中的磁条信用卡和储值卡超过50亿张,我们可以用这个数字乘以3美元。
十亿cn.
It is a billion dollar industry.
这是个价值十亿美元的产业。
亿万,大量(billions)n.(pl.)
高中六级四级Biological systems have been doing this for billions of years.
生物系统亿万年来都在这样做。
We are the products of evolution, and not just evolution that occurred billions of years ago.
我们是进化的产物,并且不仅仅是发生在数十亿年前的进化。
Billions of dollars each year are spent on schools and libraries.
每年有数十亿美元花在建设学校和图书馆上。
- Worldwide sales reached 2.5 billion.全球销售额达到了25亿。来自《牛津词典》
- The Galaxy consists of 100 billion stars.银河系由1千亿颗恒星组成。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Sales jumped from $2.7 billion to $3.5 billion.销售额从27亿元猛增到35亿元。来自《牛津词典》
相关短语
- billions of数十亿的
- be worth billions价值连城
- Billion Chords弦字典;吉他和弦查询;吉他和弦查询器;吉他和弦字典
- billion electron volts十亿电子伏;十亿电子伏特;千兆电子伏特;京电子伏
- BILLION POWER东方倍力
- parts per billion十亿分之几;十亿分之一;十亿分率;分之一公克
- the billion无边无际
词语扩展
英英释义
- n.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
- n.a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
- n.the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
- adj.denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
- adj.denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
- numberthe number 1,000,000,000
十亿- The country's debt has risen to 3 billion dollars.该国债务已增至30亿美元。
- The game was watched by billions of people around the world.这场比赛全球有数十亿观众观看。
词源
- billion十亿前缀bi-, 二。million, 百万。字面意思是万亿,现通常指十亿。
- billion(美)十亿词根词缀: bi-两,二 + million → billion
- billion(十亿):从“万亿”转义为“十亿”英语单词billion来自法语,由bi-(两个)和million(百万)构成,因此本意是million million(万亿)。进入英语都保留了“万亿”的本意。但后来,也许是因为“万亿”这个单位太大,曾经有段时间,billion在法语中的含义从“万亿”变成了“十亿”。美国人也采用了法国人的做法,也许是因为在美国独立战争中美国人和法国人并肩和英国人作战的缘故。法国从1948年开始将billion的含义恢复到它的本意“万亿”,但美国依然坚持用billion来表示“十亿”而非“万亿”。就这样,同一个英语单词billion,在美国和英国的含义相差了整整一千倍。不过,为了避免混淆,英国曾经在1961年用表示“十亿”的词根giga-创造了新单词gillion,表示“十亿”。不过,随着美国文化影响力日益增大,越来越多的英国人也开始采用美国人的做法,用billion来表示“十亿”而非“万亿”。 billion:['bɪljən] n.十亿adj.十亿的