Ballpark estimates indicate a price tag of $90 million a month.

The new shopping centre was constructed at a cost of 1.1 million.

新建成的购物中心耗资110万。

In 1986 more than three million were receiving unemployment benefit.

1986年，有300多万人领取失业救济金。

Somalia, pop. 7.9 million, income per head about £1.60 a week.

索马里，人口790万，人均收入大约每周1.60英镑。

The disease wiped out 40 million rabbits at a stroke.

该疾病一下子就使4,000万只兔子丧命。

We have the interest of 500,000 customers to think of.

我们得为50万名顾客的利益着想。

He claimed that the businessman had conned him of £10,000.

他声称那个商人骗了他1万英镑。

The airline had losses of $35m and was bailed out by Qantas.

这家航空公司亏损达3,500万美元，而澳航出资帮助其摆脱了困境。

The nature of the polymer is currently a trade secret.

这一聚合物的性质目前是个商业机密。

He was a stern critic but an extremely kindly man.

他是个苛刻的批评家，但却是个非常善良的人。

Several proposals are under consideration by the state assembly.

有几个提案州议会正在讨论中。

I undid the bottom two buttons of my yellow and grey shirt.

我解开了自己黄灰相间的衬衫上最下面的两个纽扣。

Then something seemed to snap in me. I couldn't endure any more.

这时候，我的心里像有个东西突然绷断了——我再也忍受不了啦。

He ordered them to stack up pillows behind his back.

他命令他们把几个枕头叠放在自己的背后。

The three parties will meet next month to work out remaining differences.

三方将在下个月会面，以解决余下的分歧。

The president beat his breast and called that deal a mistake.

总裁捶胸顿足，称那是个错误的交易。

I shivered and pulled my scarf more tightly round my neck.

我打了个寒战，用围巾把脖子围得更紧了。

Douglas was a 29-year-old journeyman fighter, erratic in his previous fights.

道格拉斯29岁，是个技术不错的拳击手，在以前的比赛中发挥不太稳定。

Eddie was a short squat fellow in his forties with thinning hair.

埃迪四十多岁，矮矮胖胖的，头发日渐稀疏。

Most people who smoke began smoking in their teens.

多数烟民从十几岁时就开始抽烟了。

The list of drinks, a dozen pages long, makes fascinating reading.

酒水单一共有十几页长，读起来很有趣。