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million

number
 
🔊/ˈmɪljən/
🔊/ˈmɪljən/
Idioms
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  1.  
    (abbreviation m)
    1 000 000一百万
    • a population of half a million五十万人口
    • tens of millions of dollars数千万美元
    • It must be worth a million (= pounds, dollars, etc.).它一定值一百万。
    • millions of years old百万岁
    You say a, one, two, several, etc. million without a final ‘s’ on ‘million’. Millions (of…) can be used if there is no number or quantity before it. Always use a plural verb with million or millions, except when an amount of money is mentioned Four million (people) were affected. • Two million (pounds) was withdrawn from the account.
    Extra Examples
    • These fossils were millions of years in the making.这些化石是数百万年的历史。
    • Millions of people now visit the Lake District each year.现在，每年有数百万人参观湖区。
    • A few million doesn't buy you what it used to.几百万人买不到以前的东西。
    • The foundation has donated millions of dollars to charitable causes.该基金会已为慈善事业捐赠了数百万美元。
    Topics Maths and measurementa1
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    a million, millions (of…)
    (informal) a very large amount大量
    • I still have a million things to do.我还有很多很多的事情要做。🔊🔊
    • There were millions of people there.那里人山人海。🔊🔊
    • He made his millions (= all his money) on currency deals.他的万贯家财都是通过外汇交易得到的。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Was this the way to feed the world 's starving millions?这是养活全世界数以百万计的饥饿者的方法吗？
    • The event must have cost millions.该事件必须花费数百万美元。
    • Big hotels are spending millions to hire celebrity chefs.大型酒店花费数百万美元聘请名人厨师。
    3. There are more examples of how to use numbers at the entry for hundred.
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, probably from Italian milione, from mille ‘thousand’ + the augmentative suffix -one.
Idioms
look/feel like a million dollars/bucks
  1. (informal) to look/feel extremely good看上去／感觉好极了
    • Wow, you look like a million dollars.哇，你看起来像一百万美元。
one, etc. in a million
  1. a person or thing that is very unusual or special万里挑一的人（或物）；不同寻常的人（或物）
    • He's a man in a million.他是个出类拔萃的人物。🔊🔊