milestone

里程碑

【例】The year 2000 is a milestone for the Finnish telecom company Nokia, who has been in the Chinese market for 15 years.

2000年对芬兰电信公司诺基亚来说是个里程碑，至此它已进入中国市场达15年。

mill

工厂

【例】Your designs for printed shirting are still subject to minor alterations by our mills.

关于你方印花平布的花型，我方工厂仍有权稍作修改。

million

百万

①hundred、thousand、million、billion等数词，前面有另一表示数的词时一般用单数。

【例】Every year we lose about 300 million yuan on refreshments, candies, drinks and other food products without proper packaging.

由于包装不善，我们在糕点、糖果、饮料和其他食品上每年损失达3亿元。

②这些数词也可用复数形式。

【例】Millions of dollars have gone into the building of this power plant.

修建这座电厂已花了数百万元。