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
a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole);
"there were millions of flies"
the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
Adjective:
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
双语例句
1. Exports in June rose 1.5% to a record $30.91 billion.
6月份的出口额上升了1.5%，创下309.1亿美元的历史最高纪录。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Novello says college students will spend $4.2 billion yearly on alcoholic beverages.
诺韦洛说大学生每年在酒精饮品上会消费掉42亿美元。
来自柯林斯例句
3. This has been done by plundering £4 billion from the Government reserves.
这是通过侵占40亿英镑的政府储备金完成的。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The advertising agency rang up 1.4 billion dollars in yearly sales.
这家广告代理商每年销售额达14亿美元。
来自柯林斯例句
5. The US trade deficit widened to $7.59 billion in November.
11月美国的贸易赤字扩大到75.9亿美元。
来自柯林斯例句
用作名词 (n.)
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。
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。
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。
用作名词 (n.)
The bank has assets of more than ￡1 billion. 该银行有10亿多英镑的资产。
1.5 billion cubic meters of earth were/was moved. 共搬运土壤15亿立方米。
He made two billion dollars from trading. 他做买卖赚了20个亿。
The state invested three billion. 政府投资了30个亿。
We want several billion(s). 我们需要几十个亿。
This area is an expanse of stones burnt black from billions of years of exposure to the scorching sun. 这个地区是一望无垠的石头,几十亿年来暴晒在烈日之下,都晒黑了。
There are billions of stars in the sky. 天上有无数的星星。
用法讲解
n. (名词)
billion在美国、法国指十亿，在英国、德国指万亿。
billion用作名词的定语时复数形式仍为billion；与具体数字连用时复数形式为billion，其后不接of；与several, many等数目不很具体的词连用时复数形式可为billion(其后的of可以省略)，也可为billions(其后的of不能省略)；表示泛指数时(其后接of短语)复数形式是billions；表示“以数十亿计”“大批大批地”可说by billions，也可说by the billion(s)。
