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)。
受美式英语和国际科技文献的影响,越来越多的英国人也把billion用作十亿。
billion用作名词的用法例句
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。
billion用法例句
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。
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。
3、This has been done by plundering £4 billion from the Government reserves.