multibillion
multibillion — 形容詞
1. used to describe an amount of money, a business deal, or the value of a company
數十億
涉及或價值數十億貨幣單位的
used to describe an amount of money, a business deal, or the value of a company that involves several thousand million units of a currency
Hyun’s firm won a multibillion-dollar contract to build new subway trains for Seoul.
Hyun 的公司贏得一項數十億美元的合約,要為首爾建造新的地鐵列車。
multibillion-dollar + noun (contract)
Andrés invested in a multibillion-euro technology fund that backs start-ups across Europe.
Andrés 投資了一個數十億歐元的科技基金,該基金支持歐洲各地的新創企業。
multibillion-euro + fund (non-dollar currency)
A multibillion-pound investment plan for hospitals and schools was approved by the government.
一項針對醫院和學校的數十億英鎊投資計畫已獲得政府批准。
Joshua read about the multibillion-dollar merger of two car manufacturers in the morning paper.
Joshua 在早報上讀到兩家汽車製造商的數十億美元合併案。
Critics said the multibillion-rand project would do little to help the poorest communities.
批評者認為這個數十億蘭特的計畫對幫助最貧困社區幾乎沒有作用。
- multitrillion
describes an even larger scale — thousands of billions rather than several billion
- billion-dollar
narrower in scope; refers to exactly one billion, not many billions
- vast
broader and less precise; can describe any large scale, not specifically money
- small-scale
opposite in magnitude, used for modest budgets or operations
文法句型
multibillion-{currency} + noun
用法筆記
Almost always used attributively (before a noun) in a hyphenated compound with a currency unit such as dollar, euro, pound, yen, or rand. The word itself cannot stand alone as an adverb or noun (❌ ‘The deal is worth multibillion’). Common in financial journalism and corporate reports.