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如何区分billion和million? - 知乎
Aug 4, 2018 · 知乎，中文互联网高质量的问答社区和创作者聚集的原创内容平台，于 2011 年 1 月正式上线，以「让人们更好的分享知识、经验和见解，找到自己的解答」为品牌使命。知乎凭借认真、专 …
为什么在英语中“billion”是十亿而不是一万亿？ - 知乎
Jul 15, 2020 · 而美国人借入billion这个词时，也就借用了十亿这个含义。 后来就比较乌龙了。战后的1948年，法国改回了billion原本的含义。但美国的影响已空前加强，使用billion表示十亿的用法延续 …
million 和billion的换算？ - 知乎
Oct 22, 2017 · 这些英语中的数字都是千进制： K：千=1000；千：K. Million：千千=1000×1000=100×10000=百万；兆，M
中国人碰到国外的「大数字」（比如 million 和 billion）会不会感到 …
Jul 5, 2016 · 但话说回来，你问一个普通美国人，million和billion上面是什么，大部分也说不上来。 trillion还是最近两年美元印太多才广泛使用的。 编辑于 2022-03-20 22:25
如何用英语正确表述一亿元人民币？ - 知乎
Jun 24, 2011 · billion 是十亿，没错，但是看到很多翻译公司翻译的一亿元人民币都是用 one billion (RMB) yuan, 而不是…
游戏里，1k 、1M 、1B 等单位代表多少钱? - 知乎
知乎，中文互联网高质量的问答社区和创作者聚集的原创内容平台，于 2011 年 1 月正式上线，以「让人们更好的分享知识、经验和见解，找到自己的解答」为品牌使命。知乎凭借认真、专业、友善的社区 …
literally 到底是什么意思，为什么美国人老把 literally 挂嘴边？ - 知乎
This cat video literally has 5 billion views on Facebook. 这个猫视频竟然有50亿的浏览量。 在这里，literally用于表达你对小猫视频竟然有如此大浏览量的惊讶感情，加强了语气。 总结以 …
什么是 GP、LP、PE、VC、FOF？ - 知乎
FoF通常规模不大不小。多数资产规模在美元1 billion到10 billion之间。规模小了，实现不了风险分散；规模大了，钱投不出去。比较有名的有美国的HarbourVest，高盛PE Group,澳洲的麦格理PE …
《维多利亚3》如何入门？有哪些攻略和玩法？ - 知乎
3，扩张期，在经济走向快车道后，以我的经验大清自带的自然资源禀赋支持扩容到1-2 Billion的GDP，再往下就会遇到自然资源不足的问题，这也是维多利亚三和其他P社游戏不一样的地方，维3 …
如何区分billion和million? - 知乎
Aug 4, 2018 · 知乎，中文互联网高质量的问答社区和创作者聚集的原创内容平台，于 2011 年 1 月正式上线，以「让人们更好的分享知识、经验和见解，找到自己的解答」为品牌使命。知乎凭 …
为什么在英语中“billion”是十亿而不是一万亿？ - 知乎
Jul 15, 2020 · 而美国人借入billion这个词时，也就借用了十亿这个含义。 后来就比较乌龙了。战后的1948年，法国改回了billion原本的含义。但美国的影响已空前加强，使用billion表示十亿的 …
million 和billion的换算？ - 知乎
Oct 22, 2017 · 这些英语中的数字都是千进制： K：千=1000；千：K. Million：千千=1000×1000=100×10000=百万；兆，M
中国人碰到国外的「大数字」（比如 million 和 billion）会不会感 …
Jul 5, 2016 · 但话说回来，你问一个普通美国人，million和billion上面是什么，大部分也说不上来。 trillion还是最近两年美元印太多才广泛使用的。 编辑于 2022-03-20 22:25
如何用英语正确表述一亿元人民币？ - 知乎
Jun 24, 2011 · billion 是十亿，没错，但是看到很多翻译公司翻译的一亿元人民币都是用 one billion (RMB) yuan, 而不是…
游戏里，1k 、1M 、1B 等单位代表多少钱? - 知乎
知乎，中文互联网高质量的问答社区和创作者聚集的原创内容平台，于 2011 年 1 月正式上线，以「让人们更好的分享知识、经验和见解，找到自己的解答」为品牌使命。知乎凭借认真、专业 …
literally 到底是什么意思，为什么美国人老把 literally 挂嘴边？ - 知乎
This cat video literally has 5 billion views on Facebook. 这个猫视频竟然有50亿的浏览量。 在这里，literally用于表达你对小猫视频竟然有如此大浏览量的惊讶感情，加强了语气。 总结以 …
什么是 GP、LP、PE、VC、FOF？ - 知乎
FoF通常规模不大不小。多数资产规模在美元1 billion到10 billion之间。规模小了，实现不了风险分散；规模大了，钱投不出去。比较有名的有美国的HarbourVest，高盛PE Group,澳洲的麦格 …
《维多利亚3》如何入门？有哪些攻略和玩法？ - 知乎
3，扩张期，在经济走向快车道后，以我的经验大清自带的自然资源禀赋支持扩容到1-2 Billion的GDP，再往下就会遇到自然资源不足的问题，这也是维多利亚三和其他P社游戏不一样的地 …
