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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 几百万年前
Extra ExamplesTopics Maths and measurementa1These fossils were millions of years in the making. 这些化石制作了数百万年。 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. 几百万买不到以前的东西。 The foundation has donated millions of dollars to charitable causes. 该基金会向慈善事业捐赠了数百万美元。
- 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 ExamplesWas this the way to feed the world 's starving millions? 这是养活世界上数百万饥饿人口的方法吗? The event must have cost millions. 这个活动一定花了数百万。 Big hotels are spending millions to hire celebrity chefs. 大酒店正花费数百万聘请名厨。
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.