million
number /ˈmɪljən/
/ˈmɪljən/
Idioms - (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
几百万年前
Topics Maths and measurementa1- These 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 population of half a million
- 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。
- Was 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. - I still have a million things to do.
词源late Middle English: from Old French, probably from Italian milione, from mille ‘thousand’ + the augmentative suffix -one.
Idioms
look/feel like a million dollars/bucks
- (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。
- Wow, you look like a million dollars.
one, etc. in a million
- 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。
- He's a man in a million.