单词 | billion |
释义 | billion billion // number (abbr bn)
1 000 000 000; one thousand million HELP NOTE Billion and billions are always used with a plural verb, except when an mount of money is mentioned. 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: Worldwide sales reached $2.5 billion. half a billion dollars tens of billions of yen They have spent billions on the problem (= billions of dollars, etc.). |
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