billion是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)invest billion投资十亿

双语例句

(1)The world's population reached 7.7 billion in 2019.

2019年，世界人口已达77亿。

(2)The budget gap has expanded to 2.5 billion this year according to the yearly financial report.

根据年度财务报告，今年的预算差额已经扩大到25亿美元。

(3)Billions of grasshoppers have formed a locust plague.

大量的蝗虫形成了蝗灾。

(4)The population of China is over one billion.

中国的人口超过十亿

(5)The company lost $20 billion to hackers last year.

这家公司去年因为黑客损失了200亿美元。

(6)Marvel's blockbuster Avengers: Endgame made $1.2 billion during its opening weekend, surpassing expectations and setting a new record.

漫威大片《复仇者联盟：终局之战》在上映首周末获得了12亿美元的票房。票房超过预期，并创下了新的纪录。

(7)Budweiser $100 billion in debt

百威啤酒负债1000亿美元

(8)However, Cook also said the company generated $10.8 billion in services revenue.

然而，库克也表示公司服务营收达108亿美元。

(9)Google gets $1.7 billion fine in EU

谷歌在欧盟被罚款17亿美元

(10)It ordered Google to pay $1.7 billion for stopping its rivals from advertising on websites.

由于谷歌阻碍竞争对手在其网站上做广告，欧盟命令谷歌支付17亿美元罚金。

(11)Experts say Apple likely had to pay about $5 billion in the settlement.

专家称，苹果有可能需要在此次和解中支付约50亿美元。

(12)Experts are estimating it could rake in over $1 billion worldwide over the first weekend.

专家预估首周末后，全球票房将超过10亿美元。

(13)The new runway is a billion-dollar boondoggle.

这条新跑道是一个价值十亿美元的废物。

(14)Worldwide sales reached 2.5 billion.

全球销售额达到了25亿。

(15)The company posted a $1.1 billion loss.

这家公司公布了11亿元的亏损。

(16)Imports totalled $1.5 billion last year.

去年的进口总额达15亿元。

(17)The Galaxy consists of 100 billion stars.

银河系由1千亿颗恒星组成。

同义词

n. 十亿；大量

同根词

词根 billion

(1)billionth adj. 十亿分之一的；第十亿的n. 十亿分之一；第十亿

释义

cardinal number

the number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a million; 1,000,000,000 or 109

十亿

a world population of nearly 5 billion

将近５０亿的世界人口

half a billion dollars.

　五亿美元。

(billions)informal a very large number or amount of something

〈非正式〉 大量的，无数的，亿万个

our immune systems are killing billions of germs right now.

　我们的免疫系统此刻正在杀灭亿万个细菌。

a billion pounds or dollars

十亿英镑（或美元）

the problem persists despite the billions spent on it

尽管花了数十亿英镑，问题依然存在。

dated, chiefly Brit. a million million (1,000,000,000,000 or 1012)

〈旧，主英〉 一万亿。

易错必背词

billions of 数以亿计的；无数的

(1)There is only one earth but billions of (数十亿) people in the world.

世界上只有一个地球，却有数以亿计的人。[湘西 2022 中考 单项选择]

(2)With billions of people locked down at home, work and play were shifting online.

随着数以亿计的人被锁在家里，工作和娱乐转移到了网上。[江苏省 2023 阅读理解]

类似拼写词

billion num. 十亿；无数的；大量的；亿万个；十亿英镑；一万亿

million num. 一百万；一百万个；无数；大众；群众；数百万之众；上百万；数百万；数百万之物；许多

词源

"late 17th cent.: from French, from　million, by substitution of the prefix　bi-　‘two' for the initial letters."

考纲分布

近6年出现37次

重要程度: 5星

100%; num 十亿

考纲释义

( 1)num. 十亿

真题例句：

But every year, the world waste 1.3 billion tons of food.

但全世界每年都会浪费13亿吨食物。[2021年 绥化市卷 判断对错]

By his achievement, China can feed her 1.4 billion (十亿) population.

通过他的成就，中国可以养活14亿人口。[2021年 贵港市卷 选词填空]

The United Nations says that there will be over 9 billion people in the world by 2050.

联合国表示，到2050年，世界人口将超过90亿。[2019年 成都B卷 完成图表]

考纲分布

近12年出现4次

重要程度: 4星

100%; n 十亿

考纲释义

( 1)n. 十亿

真题例句：

From 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major disasters around the world, resulting in USD 2,970 billion in economic loss.

2000年至2019年，全球共发生7348起重大灾害，造成29700亿美元的经济损失。[2021年 北京卷 语法填空]

Since 1934, better than half a billion dollars has gone into that Fund to purchase more than 5 million acres of habitat.

自1934年以来，超过5亿美元已投入该基金，用于购买500多万英亩的栖息地。[2021年 新高考Ⅰ卷 阅读理解]

A study found that a strong Niño in 1997 helped American's economy grow by 15 billion.

一项研究发现，1997年强劲的“厄尔尼诺”帮助美国经济增长了150亿美元。[2016年 江苏卷 阅读理解]

用法讲解

billion、 dozen、 score、 hundred、 thousand、million之前有确定的数字时，不论后面有无of，词尾都不加-s，但是如果前面没有确定的数字，则后接of，词尾都加-s。

考纲分布

近9年出现21次

重要程度: 5星

100%; n 十亿

考纲释义

( 1)n. 十亿

真题例句：

We must stabilize the world's population at eight billion by 2040, completely remove poverty, and restore forests and soils.

我们必须到2040年将世界人口稳定在80亿，彻底消除贫困，恢复森林和土壤。[2016年 CET4 阅读理解]

Yet the cost we project for saving civilization would amount to less than $200 billion a year, 1∕6 of current global military spending.

然而，我们预计拯救文明的成本每年不到2000亿美元，是目前全球军队费用开支的1∕6。[2016年 CET4 阅读理解]

用法讲解

billion、 dozen、 score、 hundred、 thousand、million之前有确定的数字时，不论后面有无of，词尾都不加-s，但是如果前面没有确定的数字，则后接of，词尾都加-s。

考纲分布

近9年出现52次

重要程度: 5星

100%; n 十亿

考纲释义

( 1)n. 十亿

真题例句：

It is estimated that to meet the 2050 challenge, investment must double to 83 billion US dollars a year.

据估计，为了迎接2050年的挑战，投资必须翻一番，达到每年830亿美元。[2021年 CET6 听力]

Meanwhile, the world's population more than doubled from 3 billion between 1961 and 2007.

与此同时，从1961年到2007年，世界人口从30亿增加了一倍多。[2021年 CET6 听力]

In March, a report revealed that H&M was struggling with $4.3 billion worth of unsold stock.

今年3月，一份报告显示，H&M积压了价值43亿美元的库存。[2021年 CET6 阅读理解B]

考纲分布

近16年出现16次

重要程度: 5星

100%; n 十亿

考纲释义

( 1)n. 十亿

真题例句：

Meanwhile, it has more than $120 billion in unfunded liabilities, mostly for employee health and retirement costs.

与此同时，它有超过1200亿美元的无准备金负债，主要是员工健康和退休费用。[2018年 英语一 阅读理解A]

That common-sense change enjoys wide public support and would save the USPS $2 billion per year.

这种常识性的改变得到了广泛的公众支持，每年将为美国邮政节省20亿美元。[2018年 英语一 阅读理解A]

5 billion annual budget fighting fires — nearly double the percentage it spent on such efforts 20 years ago.

50亿英镑的年度灭火预算——几乎是20年前在这方面投入的两倍。[2017年 英语二 阅读理解A]

必考派生词

multibillion adj. 数十亿的

用法讲解

billion前面加a, one, two, several等数量词时, billion后面不加s，如：several billion。若前面没有数目或数量，可用 billions (of...)。

除非指金额，billion和billions作主语，均用复数动词，如：Two billion (people) worldwide are expected to watch the game. 预计全世界有20亿人观看这场比赛。

(1)The long exposure is $15 billion.

多头敞口是150亿。《The Big Short》《大空头》

(2)That was four billion years ago.

这发生在40亿年前。《Planet Ocean》《海洋星球》

(3)Even today, still 25 percent of the world's population of 7 billion can't read, which is about 2 billion people.

甚至到今天，70亿人口当中，还有25%的人不识字，这大约是20亿人口。《TOFEL（无字幕版）》《托福学习视频》

(4)We need eight billion minimum for bare-bones preparation.

我们需要最少八十亿的基础准备资金。《House of Cards Season 3》《纸牌屋 第三季》

(5)A few billion dollars? I'm not that easily bought.

几十亿美元吗？我没那么好收买。《House of Cards Season 3》《纸牌屋 第三季》

(6)Hear there's a push to get the ten billion.

听说有人支持筹赎金。《House of Cards Season 4》《纸牌屋 第四季》

(7)What would you do if you had a billion dollars?

如果你有十亿美元你要做什么？《The Big Bang Theory Season 11》《生活大爆炸 第十一季》

(8)Let's see, $50 million. A billion dollars. What?

我想想，5000万美元，1亿美元。什么？《The Big Short》《大空头》

(9)How many are there in the human genome? Three billion.

人类基因组有多少这样的结构？30亿。《TED: Genomic revolution》《TED：欢迎进入基因革命时代》

(10)It's an industry worth an estimated $1.5 billion a year.

这是个每年创造大约十五亿美元产值的工业。《America Revealed》《透视美国》

(11)One hundred billion neurons per human of which only fifteen percent are activated.

每个人拥有一千亿个神经元，我们只启动15%。《Lucy》《超体》

(12)How many rocks up there in the universe offer 6 billion workers?

宇宙里有多少星球能提供六十亿劳动力？《Transformers: Dark of the Moon》《变形金刚3》

(13)Well, $1.2 billion illegal goods are bought and sold on Silk Road.

目前已经有价值12亿非法商品通过丝路出售。《The Good Wife Season 5》《傲骨贤妻 第五季》

(14)And how does a nation of nearly 1.4 billion people work and play?

还有，一个具有将近十四亿人口的国家是如何工作和娱乐的？《China from Above》《鸟瞰中国》

(15)The US would only have to contribute 150 of the $800 billion.

美方只用拿出八千亿中的一千五百亿。《House of Cards Season 4》《纸牌屋 第四季》

(16)One billion trillion? Well, that's just amazing. I thought it was less.

十万亿亿？太让人吃惊了。我以为没那么多。《Girl Meets World Season 3》《女孩成长记 第三季》

(17)That's 1.5 billion handsome lads standing by, waiting to rain on your parade.

代表着有15亿帅气男子在等着浇熄你们的爱火呢。《The Big Bang Theory Season 6》《生活大爆炸 第六季》

(18)The cost is five hundred billion dollars. Now, that's a lot of money.

这需要五千亿美元这个数目很庞大。《House of Cards Season 3》《纸牌屋 第三季》

(19)I can bring order to the lives of seven billion people by sacrificing twenty million.

只要牺牲掉两千万人，我就能够为七十亿人建立新秩序。《Captain America: The Winter Soldier》《美国队长2》

(20)It's the great Chinese riddle: how do you feed more than a billion people?

中国最大的难题便是如何哺育过亿的人口。《China from Above》《鸟瞰中国》