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penny
常考释义
n. a pretty penny:相当可观的一笔钱
Buying a home can cost a pretty penny.
买栋房子可能要花相当大的一笔钱。
n. the penny dropped:突然回过神来;茅塞顿开;恍然大悟
Did he know who you are? — I think so. I think the penny dropped.
他知道你是谁吗?——我想他知道的。我觉得他是突然回过味来的。
n. to be worth every penny:物有所值;一分钱都不白花
The operation cost £100,000 and it was worth every penny.
那次手术花了10万英镑,但是花得非常值。
The directors of this company feel he's worth every penny.
这家公司的主管们觉得他配得上那么高的薪水。
n. to spend a penny:去厕所
Where do you think you're going? — To spend a penny.
你想上哪儿去?——去厕所。
n. two a penny;ten a penny:多得不值钱的;随处可见的
Leggy blondes are two a penny in Hollywood.
在好莱坞,长腿金发的女郎遍地都是。
n. 便士(1971年前英国铜币,12便士=1先令,240便士=1英镑)<英>
Apprentices were paid 12 shillings and five old pence for a basic 48-hour week.
学徒每周基本工作时间48小时,工钱为12先令5便士。
n. 便士(英国铜币,100便士=1英镑)<英>
a shiny newly minted penny
一枚亮闪闪的新铸便士
Beer will increase by a penny a pint.
啤酒每品脱将涨价1便士。
a fraying shirt I'd bought for fifty pence from the Oxfam shop
我花50便士从乐施商店买来的一件破旧衬衣
n. 分<美,加拿大>
Unleaded gasoline rose more than a penny a gallon.
无铅汽油每加仑涨价超过1分。
n. 极少的钱;一个子儿<非正式,英>
I asked her if he had given her any money. `Not a penny.'
我问她他有没有给过她钱。“一个子儿也没有。”
From the day you arrive at my house, you need not spend a single penny.
从你到我家那天起,你就一个子儿也不用花。
The Brilliantons paid their rent on time and did not owe him a penny.
布里连顿一家按时交租金,分文也不欠他的。
n. 便士(旧时爱尔兰共和国货币单位,100便士=1英镑)<爱尔兰>
n. 分(其他一些国家使用的硬币)
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