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🔑 bil·lionBrE /ˈbɪljən/NAmE /ˈbɪljən/ number () 🔑 (abbreviation bn) 1 000 000 000; one thousand million 十亿◆Worldwide sales reached 2.5 billion. 全球销售额达到了 25 亿。◆half a billion dollars 五亿美元◆They have spent billions on the problem (= billions of dollars, etc.). 他们花了几十亿解决这个问题。 HELP You say a, one, two, several, etc. billion without a final 's' on 'billion'. Billions (of…) can be used if there is no number or quantity before it. Always use a plural verb with billion or billions, except when an amount of money is mentioned. 说 a, one, two, several, etc. billion 时，billion 后面不加 s。若前面没有数目或数量，可用 billions (of...)。除非指金额，billion 和 billions 均用复数动词◆Two billion (people) worldwide are expected to watch the game.预计全世界将有 20 亿人观看这场比赛。◆Two billion (dollars) was withdrawn from the account.从该账户提取了 20 亿美元。There are more examples of how to use numbers at the entry for hundred. 更多数词用法示例见 hundred 条。 🔑 a billion or billions (of…) (informal) a very large amount 数以十亿计；大量◆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。(old-fashioned, BrE) 1 000 000 000 000; one million million 一万亿 SYN trillion |