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| 1 | the number 1,000,000 百万 |
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| 2 | millions a large number of people or things 许多；无数 |
| I’ ve got a million things to do before I leave. 我在离开之前有许多事情要做。 |
| Millions are threatened by disease and hunger. 许多人受到疾病和饥饿的威胁。 |
| +of They received millions of letters asking for information. 他们收到无数封咨询信件。 |
| | 2a | a very large number or amount of something 大量；许多 | | She’ s made millions on the stock market. 她在股市上赚了一大笔钱。 | |
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| - | feel/look like a million /dollars/bucks informal
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| to feellook very good |
| 感觉/看起来非常好 |
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| an elegant suit that makes her look like a million dollars 使她看起来非常漂亮的典雅套装 |
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| - | not/never in a million years spoken
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| neverused for emphasizing how impossible it seems that something could ever happen |
| 从不（用来强调某事不可能发生） |
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| Never in a million years did I believe we could win the lottery. 我从不相信我们买的彩票会中奖。 |
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| millionth number |
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