【million音标】 英[ˈmɪljən] 美[ˈmɪljən]
【单词释义】 million是什么意思：
n.百万
adj.百万的；无数的
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] millions
【million形近词/近似词】
rebellion n.造反，叛乱；谋反
billion num. 十亿;数以十亿计
bullion n.[U] 金条；银条；金（或银）丝饰带
【单词例句】
◇ Afterwards, we sorted out attractive music and made a record in a studio. A million or so copies were sold and we became millionaires.
随后，我们把我们吸引人的音乐做了分类，在一间音乐工作室录制了1张唱片，大约卖出了100万张，这使我们都成了百万富翁。
---- My First Band
◇ Millions of brick houses and a number of dams were destroyed. Railway tracks became useless bars. Pipes in mines burst and let out smelly steam. Huge cracks trapped cyclists everywhere.
数以百万的砖房和许多水坝遭到破坏；铁路轨道都变成无用的铁条；煤矿管道纷纷爆裂，发出有臭味的蒸汽；到处都有骑车的人被巨大的裂缝陷住。
◇ Three million people die prematurely each year due to tobacco use that causes cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and stroke, the world's leading killers, it said, marking World No Tobacco Day. They include 890,000 deaths through second-hand smoke exposure.
世卫组织在世界无烟日到来之际表示，全球每年有300万人因烟草使用导致的心脏病和中风等心血管疾病过早死亡，其中89万人死于二手烟，这些疾病是头号健康杀手。
---- Tobacco use still a major cause of death
◇ NASA estimated the cost of a flight would be around $50 million per seat. In addition, NASA will charge visitors for food, storage and communication once at the station.
据美国国家航空航天局估计，每位乘客的飞行花费约为5000万美元（约合3.47亿元人民币）。此外，抵达国际空间站之后，美国国家航空航天局还会向游客收取食物、保管和通讯费用。
---- NASA to open space station to private citizens
◇ The new study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, drew from data from more than 1 million male Swedish conscripts between 16 and 25, who were followed for an average of 33 years from 1968 to 2005.
这项发表在《英国运动医学》杂志上的新研究查看了超100万名16岁至25岁瑞典男性士兵的数据，从1968年到2005年这些人被跟踪调查平均长达33年。
---- Fitness earlier in life reduces cancer risk when older
◇ "At the moment, there are 100 million packages delivered every day in China. It will be one billion in the future," he says.
他说：“中国目前每天有1亿包裹需要投递。未来将有10亿。”
---- 'Little yellow horse' robot delivers useful service in China
◇ The average human can see ten million colors, but red is special. Turns out, it's one of the first colors our ancient ancestors thought important enough to name.
普通人能看见1000万种颜色，但红色是很特别的。原来，祖先们命名的第一批重要颜色中就有红色。
---- Why so many fast food logos are red
◇ Premier Li Keqiang announced on Monday that China will further reduce the poor rural population by more than 10 million, including 2.8 million people who will be relocated from inhospitable areas.
国务院总理李克强周一（2018年3月5日）作政府工作报告，其中提到，中国今年再减少农村贫困人口1000万以上，完成易地扶贫搬迁280万人。
---- Eliminating poverty builds larger market
◇ They estimate that by 2050, the amount of plastics produced globally will increase three times to 1,124 million tons. By then, the "plastic economy" will take up 15% of the world's global carbon budget, compared to just 1% today.
据预计，2050年全球塑料产量将增加三倍，高达11.24亿吨。届时，“塑料经济”将占有全球碳预算15%的份额，而目前其份额仅为1%。
---- More plastic than fish in oceans by 2050
◇ Every day, Americans throw away 500 million plastic straws, enough to circle the Earth twice, or fill 125 school buses.
每天美国人都要扔掉5亿根塑料吸管，足以绕地球两圈，或者装满125辆校车。