million

Compared meaning: a very large number (noun).

比较义项：表示极大的数字或数量（名词）。

• million 本词

  Million (10^6, one thousand thousand) is the smaller of the two; it is the everyday 'huge number' word, common for salaries, populations, or casual exaggeration, and sounds far less extreme than trillion.

  million（百万，即10的6次方）是两者中较小的一个，是日常生活中最常用的“巨大数字”说法，常用于薪水、人口等场合，听起来远不如trillion那样夸张。

  The company earned over a million dollars last year.

  这家公司去年的收入超过一百万美元。

• trillion

  Trillion (10^12, a million millions) is reserved for staggering, almost unbelievable sums — national budgets, global markets, huge corporate debts — and sounds shockingly larger than million.

  trillion（万亿，即10的12次方，百万的百万倍）通常只用于表示惊人的、近乎难以置信的巨额数字，如国家预算、全球市场规模或巨额企业债务，听起来比million夸张得多。

  The company's total debt reached almost one trillion dollars.

  这家公司的总债务几乎达到一万亿美元。

Million and trillion both describe a very large number, but they differ hugely in scale. Million is the everyday 'huge number' word, common for salaries or populations. Trillion is used for truly staggering amounts, like national budgets or global markets, and sounds far more extreme.

million和trillion都可以表示“极大的数字”，但两者的数量级相差一百万倍：million指“百万”，是日常生活中最常用的“巨大数字”说法；trillion指“万亿”，用于极端夸张或天文数字般的场合。学习者容易混淆两者的实际大小，需要特别注意语境是否匹配这种量级差异。