词汇 | billion-dollar |
释义 | billion-dollar adjective[ before noun ] ukus used to describe something that is worth at least one thousand million dollars: The drug giant is seeking approval for a new drug that could be its next billion-dollar product. Examples of billion-dollarbillion-dollar We believe in a balanced approach to the matter, not in hysterical shouts for billion-dollar solutions before the problem has been properly examined. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A further billion-dollar increase in defence spending in 1972 over the previous year was announced at the same time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the billion-dollar question. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This means that for a drug company to survive, it needs to discover a blockbuster (billion-dollar drug) every few years. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If it were able to be applied successfully as a video codec, it could potentially become a billion-dollar business. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She was promoted to general attorney of commercial litigation, after winning a billion-dollar lawsuit for the steelmaker. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I saw automobiles as transportation, not the symbol of an upcoming billion-dollar sport. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Although professional wrestling started out as petty acts in sideshows, traveling circuses and carnivals, today it is a billion-dollar industry. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The mere popularity of games has created a billion-dollar industry. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. With an initial worldwide gross of over $1.84 billion, it was the first film to reach the billion-dollar mark. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. While it is criminal in most countries, this multi-billion-dollar industry is believed to involve as many as 2 million children around the world. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 2012, these policies have been supplemented by a carbon price and a 10 billion-dollar fund to finance renewable energy projects. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His investigations spanned cases from street drug users to international billion-dollar drug trafficking organizations. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Lockheed was doing business with the defense department on the first billion-dollar contract. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Both private and public agencies worldwide have had billion-dollar initiatives to empower deprived communities and individuals. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of billion-dollar These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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