The billion-dollar question is how?
价值数十亿美元的问题是：以什么方式？
The billion after that will take 18 years.
之后的十亿将花上18年。
The Treasury plans to pay down about $1.58 billion on the federal debt.
财政部计划偿还约十五亿八千万美元的联邦债务。
Taxes only get part of the way toward a $50 billion deficit.
税收只会部分解决500亿美元的赤字。
The budget should hit the $136 billion target on the nose.
预算应该正好达到1 360亿元的目标。
The new runway is a billion-dollar boondoggle.
这条新跑道是一个价值十亿美元的废物。
The US trade deficit grew to just under $30 billion in the third quarter.
美国的贸易逆差在第三季度增加到恰好低于300亿美元的水平。
The monorail can be completed at the price tag of $1.7 billion.
该单轨铁路能以标价17亿美元完成。
They became the first company in their field to pass the $2 billion turn-over mark.
他们成为他们那个领域第一家市场营业额超过$20亿的公司。
By the end of 1989 the group had assets of $3.5 billion.
到1989年底该集团已有35亿美元的资产。
The new proposals would absorb $80 billion of the federal budget.
这些新提案将耗费800亿元联邦政府预算。
Some estimates show next year's budget could be $2.5 billion in the hole.
一些估计显示，明年的预算将会亏空25亿美元。
One billion people throughout the world are Muslims, united by belief in one god.
全世界有10亿人是穆斯林，因为对一位神灵的信仰而团结在一起。
Currently, disposables account for about 80% to 85% of the $3 billion-plus annual diaper market.
目前，一次性尿布占年销售额30多亿美元的尿布市场的80%至85%左右。
The company posted a $1.1 billion loss.
这家公司公布了11亿元的亏损。
The total debt outstanding is $70 billion.
尚未偿还的总债务额是700亿美元。
The 1985 federal budget allocated $7.3 billion for development programmes.
1985年联邦预算拨了73亿美元用于开发项目。
The bank set aside 1.1 billion dollars to cover bad debts from business failures.
银行留出11亿美元来支付生意失败导致的坏账。
The government has ploughed more than $20 billion into building new schools.
政府已投放200多亿元兴建新学校。
The value of the company is well in excess of $2 billion.
该公司的价值远超过20亿美元。
The level of debt crested at a massive $290 billion in 1992.
1992年的巨额债务高达2 900亿元。
The concert will be broadcast to a worldwide television audience estimated at one billion.
这场音乐会将向全世界大约十亿电视观众转播。
1 billion loss was caused by the extreme weather.
这一极端天气造成了10亿的损失。
This is roughly $2 billion more than the company had invested in the previous year.
这比公司前一年的投资多了大约20亿美元。
Annually, the world generates 1.3 billion tons of solid waste.
全世界每年会产生13亿吨固体废物。
This proposal could save Medicare more than $100 billion over the next decade.
这一提案将在未来十年为医疗保健制度节省1000多亿美元。
This proposal could save Medicare more than $ 100 billion over the next decade.
这一提案将在未来十年为医疗保健制度节省1000多亿美元。
This proposal could save Medicare more than $ 100 billion over the next decade.
这一提案将在未来十年为医疗保健制度节省1000多亿美元。
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