million

英 [ˈmɪljən]

美 [ˈmɪljən]

num.  一百万; 大量

高考IELTSCET4考研

Collins.5 / BNC.336 / COCA.222

习惯用语

num.

look/feel like a million dollars/bucks
• 看上去 / 感觉好极了
  to look/feel extremely good
one, etc. in a million
• 万里挑一的人（或物）；不同寻常的人（或物）
  a person or thing that is very unusual or special
• He's a man in a million.
  他是个出类拔萃的人物。

牛津词典

number

• 一百万
  1 000 000
  1. a population of half a million
     五十万人口
  2. tens of millions of dollars
     数千万元
  3. It must be worth a million (= pounds, dollars, etc.)
     它一定值一百万。
• 大量
  a very large amount
  1. I still have a million things to do.
     我还有很多很多的事情要做。
  2. There were millions of people there.
     那里人山人海。
  3. 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。

柯林斯词典

The plural form is million after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as ‘several’ or ‘a few’. 在数字或several, a few等表示数字的词或短语后，复数形式为million。


• NUM 百万
  Amillionor onemillionis the number 1,000,000.
  1. Up to five million people a year visit the county...
     每年参观这个县的人多达500万。
  2. Profits for 1999 topped £100 million.
     1999年的利润超过了1亿英镑。
• QUANT-PLURAL 数百万的；大量的；数不清的;不计其数的
  If you talk aboutmillions ofpeople or things, you mean that there is a very large number of them but you do not know or do not want to say exactly how many.
  1. The programme was viewed on television in millions of homes.
     无数家庭通过电视收看了这个节目。
  2. You can also usemillionsas a pronoun.
     
  3. This wretched war has brought misery to millions.
     这场悲惨的战争为无数人带来了不幸。

英英释义

noun

• the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
  Synonym:1000000one thousand thousandmeg
• a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
  1. there were millions of flies
  Synonym:billiontrillionzillionjilliongazillion

adj

• (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units

双语例句

• Its research budget exceeds$ 700 million a year
  其研究预算每年超过7亿美元。
• One former director embezzled$ 34 million in company funds.
  一名前主管挪用了3,400万美元的公司资金。
• They will pay about$ 673 million plus interest.
  他们将支付约6.73亿美元再加上利息。
• He has spent 19 million pounds, lost three cup finals and been relegated. So much for money.
  他已花了1,900万英镑，输掉了三场杯赛决赛，球队也降级了。钱也不是万能的。
• I'm broke, Livy, and I owe a couple of million dollars
  我破产了，莉薇，而且我欠了几百万美元的债。
• The Martins sold their house for about 1.4 million pounds
  马丁夫妇把他们的房子卖了140万英镑。
• Drought and famines have killed up to two million people here.
  旱灾和饥荒夺去了这里200万人的生命。
• Advertisers are already drooling at reports that this might bring 20 million dollars.
  广告商听闻这或许会带来2,000万美元的收益后已是垂涎欲滴了。
• She bought a lottery ticket and won more than$ 33 million.
  她买了张彩票，中了3,300多万美元。
• More than 100 million pounds will be lopped off the prison building programme.
  将从监狱建设项目中砍掉逾一亿英镑。