trillion

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tril·lion /ˈtrɪljən/ ●○○ number (plural trillion or trillions)  1  HMNthe number 1,000,000,000,000 一万亿 In a short time the number of cells is more than a trillion. 不久细胞的数量就超过了一万亿。two/three/four etc trillion $5.3 trillion 5.3万亿美元 Japan’s exports were worth $43 trillion last year. 去年日本的出口商品价值43万亿美元。trillions of pounds/dollars etc the trillions of dollars in the bond markets 债券市场中以万亿美元计的资金2  LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT informal an extremely large number of people or things 大量，巨额a trillion a shirt with a trillion holes in it 千疮百孔的衬衫trillions of We’ve made this mistake trillions of times before. 这个错误我们以前犯过无数次了。3. British English old use the number 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 百万兆 —trillionth adjective —trillionth noun [countable]

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trillion• Our cumulative merchandise trade deficit worldwide is more than $ 1 trillion.• The congressionally authorized limit on the debt is $ 4. 9 trillion.• Harvey predicted fund assets would rise to $ 2. 4 trillion in 1995.• The amount of uranium in the belt is about four billion tons, enough to make roughly a trillion tactical nuclear weapons.• With Mr Bush's plan for a $ 1.6 trillion tax cut, the problem is one of scale.• Of the total, $ 2.6 trillion would come from Social Security surpluses.• Banks still hold several trillion yen of bad loans.From Longman Business Dictionarytrilliontril‧lion /ˈtrɪljən/ number (plural trillion or trillions) one million million; 1,000,000,000,000The bank has assets of about a trillion euros.Origin trillion (1600-1700) French tri- “three” + -illion (as in million)

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1,000,000,000,000 the number Business Corpus

trillion
tril‧lion /ˈtrɪljən/ number (plural trillion or trillions)1. the number 1,000,000,000,000:
    In a short time the number of cells is more than a trillion.
    two/three/four etc trillion
    $5.3 trillion
    Japan’s exports were worth $43 trillion last year.
    trillions of pounds/dollars etc
    the trillions of dollars in the bond markets
2. informal an extremely large number of people or things
    a trillion
    a shirt with a trillion holes in it
    trillions of
    We’ve made this mistake trillions of times before.
3. British English old use the number 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
—trillionth adjective
—trillionth noun [countable]

tril·lionBrE /ˈtrɪljən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtrɪljən/ 🔊 number1 000 000 000 000; one million million 万亿；兆 HELP You say a, one, two, several, etc. trillion without a final 's' on 'trillion'. Trillions (of…) can be used if there is no number or quantity before it. Always use a plural verb with trillion or trillions. 说 a, one, two, several, etc. trillion 时，trillion 后面不加 s。若前面没有数目或数量，可用 trillions (of ...)。trillion 和 trillions 均用复数动词。a trillion or trillions (of…) (informal) a very large amount 大量；无数 HELP There are more examples of how to use numbers at the entry for hundred. 更多数词用法示例见 hundred 条。(old-fashioned, BrE) one million million million; 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 百万兆