billion

US [ˈbɪljən]
UK ['bɪljən]
  • n.〈美、法〉十亿；〈英、德〉万亿；无数
  • adj.〈美、法〉十亿的；〈英、德〉万亿的；无数的
  • Web盛达；兆；十亿美元
Plural Form：billions  

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BILLION
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1.
十亿1 000 000 000; one thousand million
Worldwide sales reached 2.5 billion.
全球销售额达到了 25 亿。
half a billion dollars
五亿元
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.
(informal)
数以十亿计；大量a very large amount
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

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One reason, he said, was that he could squeeze out some $4 billion in cost savings from the two firms.
据他所说，此次收购可以让两家公司尽可能省下大约40亿美元的成本。
jù tā suǒ shuō , cǐ cì shōu gòu kě yǐ ràng liǎng jiā gōng sī jìn kě néng shěng xià dà yuē sì shí yì měi yuán de chéng běn 。
www.ecocn.org
2.
"Even cutting the F-35 entirely would not yield" the kind of savings it takes to retrench to a $500 billion annual defense budget, he said.
他说：“即使削减全部的F-35也不能形成”需要省出的资金，以将每年国防预算控制在5000亿美元以内。
tā shuō : " jí shǐ xuē jiǎn quán bù de F- sān wǔ yě bù néng xíng chéng " xū yào shěng chū de zī jīn , yǐ jiāng měi nián guó fáng yù suàn kòng zhì zài wǔ qiān yì měi yuán yǐ nèi 。
blog.sina.com.cn
3.
But he said double-digit growth toward year-end is possible after China's four trillion yuan ($585 billion) economic stimulus kicks in.
但在中国4万亿人民币（合5,850亿美元）经济刺激计划到位后，汽车销量到今年年底实现两位数增长是可能的。
dàn zài zhōng guó sì wàn yì rén mín bì ( hé wǔ , bā bǎi wǔ shí yì měi yuán ) jīng jì cì jī jì huà dào wèi hòu , qì chē xiāo liàng dào jīn nián nián dǐ shí xiàn liǎng wèi shù zēng zhǎng shì kě néng de 。
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4.
ICBC's U. S. assets have increased to more than $1 billion from basically zero since the bank opened its New York office.
自工商银行在纽约开设了分支机构以来，该行在美国的资产已经从基本为零增长到了10多亿美元。
zì gōng shāng yín háng zài niǔ yuē kāi shè le fēn zhī jī gòu yǐ lái , gāi háng zài měi guó de zī chǎn yǐ jīng cóng jī běn wèi líng zēng zhǎng dào le shí duō yì měi yuán 。
chinese.wsj.com
5.
Not only could it raise up to $250 billion a year but it would also fix some perverse incentives.
这样不但可以增加每年2500亿美元的税收，还可以避免一些反向激励。
zhè yàng bú dàn kě yǐ zēng jiā měi nián liǎng qiān wǔ bǎi yì měi yuán de shuì shōu , hái kě yǐ bì miǎn yì xiē fǎn xiàng jī lì 。
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6.
According to a report published by the Bank in 2006, leaks even then were costing $14 billion a year.
根据世界银行2006年发布的一个报告显示，即使在那时候每年由于管道渗漏损失就高达140亿美元。
gēn jù shì jiè yín háng èr líng líng liù nián fā bù de yī gè bào gào xiǎn shì , jí shǐ zài nà shí hòu měi nián yóu yú guǎn dào shèn lòu sǔn shī jiù gāo dá yì bǎi sì shí yì měi yuán 。
www.ecocn.org
7.
If he sorts out his personal life and wins some more tournaments, Mr Woods could soon be on his way to that second billion.
如果伍兹能整理好自己的私生活并且再赢几个大锦标，他也许很快就能回到重新成为亿万富文的轨道上了。
rú guǒ wǔ zī néng zhěng lǐ hǎo zì jǐ de sī shēng huó bìng qiě zài yíng jǐ gè dà jǐn biāo , tā yě xǔ hěn kuài jiù néng huí dào chóng xīn chéng wéi yì wàn fù wén de guǐ dào shàng le 。
dongxi.net
8.
I'd say that the bank's ability to raise even $20 billion in a financial market like this is good sign for Chinese stocks going forward.
依我看，即使只能在这样的金融市场里募集到200亿美元，也是看好中国股票前市的信号。
yī wǒ kàn , jí shǐ zhǐ néng zài zhè yàng de jīn róng shì chǎng lǐ mù jí dào èr bǎi yì měi yuán , yě shì kàn hǎo zhōng guó gǔ piào qián shì de xìn hào 。
article.yeeyan.org
9.
There was an estimation, a conservative estimation, a couple of years ago that the U. S. economy benefited by 57 billion dollars per year.
几年前，有个保守的估计，美国经济每年因昆虫而获益五百七十亿美元。
jǐ nián qián , yǒu gè bǎo shǒu de gū jì , měi guó jīng jì měi nián yīn kūn chóng ér huò yì wǔ bǎi qī shí yì měi yuán 。
www.ted.com
10.
The United States frequently complains that China is not doing enough to reduce its multi-billion-dollar trade surplus with the U. S.
美国经常抱怨中国在减少数千亿美元对美贸易顺差方面没有做出足够努力。
měi guó jīng cháng bào yuàn zhōng guó zài jiǎn shǎo shù qiān yì měi yuán duì měi mào yì shùn chā fāng miàn méi yǒu zuò chū zú gòu nǔ lì 。
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