【billion音标】 英[ˈbɪljən] 美[ˈbɪljən]
【单词释义】 billion是什么意思：
n.十亿；数以十亿计；大量；一万亿
adj.（法美）十亿的；（英德）万亿的；无数的
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] billions
【billion形近词/近似词】
rebellion n.造反，叛乱；谋反
million n.百万
bullion n.[U] 金条；银条；金（或银）丝饰带
【单词例句】
◇ MKII, a planet billions of kilometers away, is the origin of life in many religions. Physicists have proved the theory that its gentle climate and the pull of its gravity are similar to the earth’s.
MK二号是一颗几十亿公里外的行星，它在许多宗教里都是生命起源的地方。物理学家已经证明了它温和的气候和重力的牵引都和地球相似的理论；
---- Explore MKII
◇ China and India have the highest numbers of smokers worldwide, accounting for 307 million and 106 million, respectively, of the world's 1.1 billion adult smokers, followed by Indonesia with 74 million, WHO figures show. India also has 200 million of the world's 367 million smokeless tobacco users.
世卫组织的数据显示，全球共有11亿成年吸烟者。中国和印度的吸烟人数全球最高，分别是3.07亿人和1.06亿人。排在之后的是印度尼西亚，吸烟者有7400万人。全球共有3.67亿无烟烟草制品使用者，其中印度占了2亿。
---- Tobacco use still a major cause of death
◇ The world's population could swell to 10.9 billion by the end of the century, a new United Nations analysis found, raising concerns that adding more than 3 billion people to the planet could further deplete natural resources and accelerate global warming.
联合国最新分析发现，到本世纪末，世界人口可能会增至109亿。人们担心，地球上增加30多亿人口可能会进一步耗尽自然资源，加速全球变暖。
---- World's population could swell to 10.9 billion by 2100
◇ Equipped with a GPS system, cameras and radar, the robots are seen by their creator as the future of logistics in China, where he says one billion packages will eventually be delivered every day.
发明者认为，装有GPS系统、摄像头和雷达的送货机器人代表着中国物流的未来。他说，今后中国每天的包裹发送数量将达到10亿个。
---- 'Little yellow horse' robot delivers useful service in China
◇ "After a short first-use cycle, 95% of plastic packaging material value, or $80 billion to $120 billion annually, is lost to the economy," the WEF said in a report.
世界经济论坛在其报告中指出：“塑料袋的首次使用周期很短，由于再用率低下，95%的塑料袋都白白浪费掉了，造成的经济损失每年高达800亿至1200亿美元。”
---- More plastic than fish in oceans by 2050
◇ Astronomers have witnessed the biggest bang since the Big Bang — the moment about 15 billion years ago when the universe was created in a massive explosion.The huge burst of energy from the edge of the universe is estimated to be second only to the moment of creation in its explosive force,releasing more energy in two seconds than the sun will give out in its lifetime.
天文学家目击了最大的宇宙大爆炸——这次大爆炸是发生在150亿年前宇宙在一次大爆炸形成的时候。从宇宙边缘所爆发的能量在爆炸力方面估计仅次于宇宙创世大爆炸，两秒钟爆炸所释放的能量比太阳一生释放的能量还要多。
---- The Big Bang