pence

[美國]/pens/
[英國]/pɛns/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 便士,penny的複數
詞形
複數pences

短語搭配

a few pence

幾便士

fifty pence

五十便士

silver pence

銀便士

例句

There are 100 pence to every pound.

1英鎊有100便士。

These cost ten pence a pound.

這些東西10便士一磅。

a pen for 50 pence 50

便士一枝筆

He paid 50 pence for the book.

他付了50便士買這本書。

a local income tax running at six pence in the pound.

地方所得稅以每鎊六便士徵收。

the news put 12 pence on the share price.

這條消息使股價長了12便士。

It costs 10 pence to travel three stages.10

便士可以乘三站。

a moldy 5 pence for all the work we've done

我們做這麼多工作,那麼小氣纔給5便士

The fruit costs 30 pence per kilo.

水果每公斤30便士。

This machine only takes 5-pence coins.

這部機器僅能夠放進5便士的硬幣。

These apples cost 40 pence per pound.

這些蘋果每磅40便士。

These apples are selling at 40 pence a kilo.

這些蘋果售價每公斤40便士。

a few pence on the electricity bill is nothing compared with your security.

跟你的安全相比,電費單上多幾分錢根本不算什麼。

Payments such as annates and "Peter's Pence" were forbidden.

但一個人用一個卷線杆一次只能紡一根線。

I gave him a pound, and he gave me 20 pence change.

我給了他一英鎊,他找了我20便士的零錢。

She counted out fifteen pence and passed it to the salesgirl.

她數出15個便士交給女店員。

The government has clapped an extra ten pence on a packet of cigarettes.

政府對每包香菸加價10便士。

I staked ten pence upon a horse, and it won.

我在一匹馬身上押了十便士, 而它居然贏了。

The company's shares are currently being quoted at 62 pence a share.

該公司股票的現在報價是每股62便士。

As from Sunday,May 1st,all fares on the corporation’s transport services will be increased by ten pence in the pound.

從5月1日即星期日起,本公司運輸費將每磅提高10便士。

原聲例句

Ron was fascinated by the fifty pence.

羅恩被那枚硬幣迷住了。

來源: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

The worthy residents of Stratford doubt that the theatre adds a penny to their revenue.

Stratford 的當地鄉紳們都質疑劇院有沒有爲當地的稅收收入做一點貢獻。

來源: Past exam papers of the English reading section for the postgraduate entrance examination (English I).

One a penny, two a penny. Hot cross buns.

一分錢,兩分錢。熱騰騰的十字面包。

來源: Classic children's song animation Super Simple Songs

And she came out like a shiny new penny.

出來後變了一個人。

來源: Pretty Little Liars Season 3

Scrooge refused to give even a penny.

斯克羅奇拒絕給錢,甚至是一便士都不給。

來源: Beijing Normal University Edition High School English (Compulsory 1)

'Then I'll have one, please, ' said Alice, giving the Sheep five pence.

“那我就買一個。”愛麗絲說着,遞給綿羊五便士。

來源: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Simplified Version)

In America, they'd bring only a penny.

在美國他們只出一分錢。

來源: Casablanca Original Soundtrack

Hey, Rach! The tampons here are only a penny.

瑞秋,這裏的棉條只要一毛錢。

來源: Friends Season 3

You probably inherited every penny you got!

說不定你的每一份錢都是繼承的遺產!

來源: Tiger and Leopard: The Little Overlord (Original Soundtrack)

As Benjamin Franklin said, 'A penny saved is a penny earned.'

正如本傑明·富蘭克林所說,“省一文則賺一文。”

來源: Oxford Shanghai Edition High School English Grade 10 Second Semester

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