ninepence

[美國]/'naɪnpəns/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 九便士,九便士硬幣
詞形

短語搭配

cost ninepence

價值九便士

pay ninepence

支付九便士

例句

Brenda collapsed yesterday afternoon yet she was as right as ninepence when I saw her that morning.

布倫達昨天下午身體垮了,但我昨天上午見到她時,她還是好端端的。

原聲例句

It came to five shillings and ninepence.

是五先令九便士。

來源: A room of one's own.

Six shillings and ninepence halfpenny on the very first day!

第一天六先令九便士半便士!

來源: Oliver Twist (Original Version)

Those who consume wheaten bread pay three guilders fifteen stivers; about six shillings and ninepence halfpenny.

喫小麥麪包的人付三荷蘭盾十五個史蒂夫; 大約六先令九便士半便士。

來源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Five)

The thought of a possible five shillings spent unnecessarily spurred her to action, and she decided to risk the waste of ninepence.

一想到可能會不必要地花費五先令,她就採取了行動,她決定冒着浪費九便士的風險。

來源: Hidden danger

After all her painful traffic, the whole proceeds were perhaps half a dozen coppers, and a questionable ninepence which ultimately proved to be copper likewise.

經過她所有痛苦的交易,全部收益可能是六個銅幣,還有一個可疑的九便士,最終證明同樣是銅幣。

來源: Seven-angled Tower (Part 1)

A long argument ensued, in which the waiter took part, suggesting various solutions. At last Gino triumphed. The bill came to eightpence-halfpenny, and a halfpenny for the waiter brought it up to ninepence.

隨後發生了長時間的爭論,服務員也參與其中,提出了各種解決方案。吉諾終於勝利了。賬單是八便士半便士,侍者付了半便士,賬單就變成了九便士。

來源: The places where angels dare not tread.

Two shillings, therefore, was the price of two bushels and near two pecks of wheat, which in the present times, at three shillings and sixpence the bushel, would be worth eight shillings and ninepence.

因此,兩先令是兩蒲式耳近兩配克小麥的價格,在現在,每蒲式耳三先令六便士的價格相當於八先令九便士。

來源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Two)

For a yard of this cloth the poor servant must have parted with the power of purchasing a quantity of subsistence equal to what eight shillings and ninepence would purchase in the present times.

爲了一碼這種布料, 可憐的僕人必須放棄購買相當於現在八先令九便士所能購買的生活必需品的權力。

來源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Two)

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