pence
美 [?peni] 
英 ['peni]
- n.便士；小錢；彭妮；〈美〉=cent
- 網(wǎng)絡便士的錢數(shù)；英鎊；便士的復數(shù)形式
詞形變化
復數(shù)：pence 復數(shù)：pennies
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
It even persisted after decimalization for those coins which had equivalents and continued to be minted with their values in new pence.
由于這些銀幣具有等價物，在新發(fā)行的便士中有其自己的價值并繼續(xù)鑄造，因而甚至在采用十進制后仍舊存在。
The mother takes six pence out of her bag and gives to the conductor . The conductor gives her one and a half ticket.
那母親從手袋里拿出六個便士交給售票員。售票員給了她一張半車票。
He's just the kind that would stoop to swindle children out of a few pence.
他就是這種貨色，會不顧廉恥去從孩子手中騙取幾個零錢。
He's just the kind that would stoop to swindle old people out of a few pence.
他就是這么個家伙，自甘墮落去騙老人們的幾文錢。
On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain.
在他去糖果店的路上，50便士掉在地上，在人行道上跳了幾下，掉進了陰溝里。
In places like this one can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old volume that may be worth many pounds.
這些地方，偶爾可以用幾便士買一本舊書，而其價值可能很多英鎊。
For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
這香膏可以賣三十多兩銀子周濟窮人。他們就向那女人生氣。
Brenda collapsed yesterday afternoon yet she was as right as nine pence 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。
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
耶穌說，一個債主，有兩個人欠他的債。一個欠他五十兩銀子，一個欠五兩銀子。
She was slammed for increasing the price of school meals to sixty pence a week.
她因決定把學校的伙食費提高到每周六十便士而受到了猛烈抨擊。
I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it. Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble.
昨天，我給了他50便士讓存起來，卻拿這錢給自己買了50便士的麻煩。
Pence urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to call Congress back into session for an immediate vote on the issue.
彭斯還敦促眾議院議長佩洛西把議員們召集回來開會，立即對這一議題進行表決。
During lunch breaks, my colleagues and I played for a few pence and I found I was quick at calculating the odds.
午休時間，我和同事們就會賭幾個便士，我發(fā)覺自己計算賠率很快。
Then they bought him a wooden bowl for a few half-pence to eat out of.
然后，他們花了幾分錢，給他買了一個木碗，叫他用它吃飯。
The old 20 pence coin had the date on the front of the coin , but the updated version was supposed to shift the date to the other side .
舊式20便士硬幣的鑄造日期印在硬幣正面，而新版本的硬幣本應將日期改印在硬幣背面。
He even paid five and a half pence extra each day to have vegetables with the basic ration of meat and beer at Christ's College.
他在劍橋大學基督學院讀書時，甚至每天還額外付五個半便士，請專人料理膳食搭配。
Michael Pence, a top Republican in the House of Representatives, said the Fed was taking an 'incalculable risk. '
眾議院共和黨高官彭斯（MichaelPence）說，美聯(lián)儲正在承擔一種“不可計算的風險”。
They explained that she would be awarded one pound, seven shillings and six pence per week.
他們解釋說，她將獲得一磅，七先令和6便士每星期。
Brushing your teeth comes at 32 pence -- perhaps hard to find someone to do it for you for less.
刷牙需要32便士-可能不會有人愿意出再低的價來幫你刷牙。
As a result, some environmentalists are now calling for a charge of up to 15 pence for each disposable carrier bag .
結(jié)果，一些環(huán)保主義者如今正在呼吁對每只一次性購物袋收取高15便士的費用。
He offered six pence to help me on my way, at which excess of goodness I knew not what to do.
他拿出六個便士，送給我路上零花，而對這種非凡的好意，我簡直不知道該怎么辦才好。
Six pence is a small price to pay for a satisfying bar of chocolate.
花6便士小錢買來一塊稱心的巧克力還是合算的。
He begged a few pence of us.
他向我們討了幾便士。
You can't make 15 pence with two coins if one of them isn't a 5 penny piece.
如果其中一個不是5便士一枚的，兩只硬幣就不能湊成十五個便士。
The share price was chopped from 50 pence to 20 pence.
股價由每股50便士猛降至20便士。
This is an article that is retailed at seventy pence.
這是一件零售價格為70便士的物品。
It closed Wednesday in London at 123. 40 pence ($1. 81), more than double the level of a few weeks earlier.
周三巴克萊在倫敦市場收于123.40便士（合1.81美元），較幾周之前增長了一倍以上。
For the sake of a few pence, almost any coolie will run an imminent risk of death.
僅僅為了幾便士，幾乎所有苦力階層的人都會把性命置之度外。
But her agents and publishers, who were in charge of the pounds and pence, were very keen on Poirot -- he was her most popular character.
但是她的經(jīng)紀人和出版商，他們負責資金，十分熱忠于波洛-——他是她的最受歡迎的人物。
A penny saved is two pence clear, A pin a day's a groan a year.
省一元等于凈賺兩塊錢。一天一桶酒，病痛纏身一整年。
How, Pence had asked rhetorically, was $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts going to put people back to work in Indiana?
在采訪即將結(jié)束時Pence詰問到，怎樣使用給國家藝術基金的5000萬美元預算才能使印第安納州的人們重新回到工作崗位？
"well, five pence isn't much, " she said. "I can try. " She went to the post-office, bought a postal order, and sent it off.
“不過，五便士也不多，我可以試試。”女孩說。于是她去郵局買了張郵政匯票寄走了。
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。
I read the writing under the picture. It said: Come in and see the Elephant Man. 2 pence. I opened the door and went in.
我看了看照片下面的文字，上面寫著：進來吧，看看這個象人，一次兩便士。我推開門走了進去。
So I was a few pence over budget but it was a treat for being so good all week.
于是我超支了，不過這個星期還是過得不錯的。
The body is divided into three parts: The first section briefly explains the origins and status of Pence.
正文又分為七個部分：第一部分簡單介紹碰瓷的起源和現(xiàn)狀。
From the day you arrive at my house , you need not spend any pence.
從你到我家那天起，你就一個子兒不用花。
After we had haggled for some time, we decided to the bargain, and Jones bought the cloth for50 pence per yard.
我們在價錢上爭論了半天，終于決定，瓊斯以每碼50便士買下了這批布。
He offered six pence to help me on my way, at which excess of goodness I knew not what to do.
他拿出六個便士，送給我路上零花，而對這種非凡的好意，我簡直不知道該怎么辦才好。
Separately, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reiterated its "buy" recommendation on the shares with a price estimate of 750 pence.
此外，高盛集團重申了施樂輝公司“買入”的股票評級，股價預期為750便士。
The man gave the boy six pence and asid to him. "Buy me a cake with the other three pence buy one for yourself. "
那個男人給了那個男孩六便士并對他說，“幫我買個蛋糕，另外三便士幫你自己買個蛋糕。”
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
說，這香膏為什么不賣三十兩銀子周濟窮人呢。
No one wants to have a car dashboard malfunction because of an inferior part that cost only a few pence.
沒有人相要一個因為僅僅值幾便士的差次部件造成的失靈的汽車儀表盤。
For 75 pence (about a dollar) you get two slices of buttered white bread and a filling of strawberry jam.
這種在兩片涂滿黃油的白面包中夾草莓醬的三明治只需要花75便士（大約一美元）。
For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.
對大部分孩子來說，用50便士來買一大塊好的巧克力，是算不了什么的。
Before 1990 these had a face value of twenty-five pence (25p), equivalent to the five shilling crown used in pre-decimal Britain.
1990年以前市面上由一種面值為25便士的硬幣，它與英國十進制前的5先令克朗等值。
