核心词议:
n. (英)便士;美分
penny 基本解释
n. 便士;(美国、加拿大的)一分钱;少量的钱
速记方法
速记技巧 词源记忆法 英国第一枚称作penny(便士)的硬币是公元8世纪中期麦西亚(Mercia)国王奥发(Ofa,?-796)效仿法兰克人发行的。法兰克人的硬币叫做novus denarius,所以在英国币制改为十进制的l971年以前,denarius之首字母d一直是作为penny(或pence)的缩写词,就如s代表shilling一样。penny一词很可能源自更早的一位麦西亚国王Penda(?一654)的姓氏或意为1weigh的拉丁语pendo。但有一点看法是普遍一致的:penny的词源是日耳曼语,和当代德语的Pfennig(芬尼)有亲缘关系。penny有两种复数形式:一为pennles,指硬币的个数,另一为pence,指价值 谐音记忆法 谐音:盆内,聚宝盆内是便士和美分。
知识扩展
重要短语
not a penny 一分钱也没有
pretty penny 一大笔钱
中文词源
penny 便士
来自古英语penig,便士,来自Proto-Germanic*panninggaz,便士,可能借自拉丁语panna,小盘子,词源同pan.即形如小盘子。
中文词源: penny 便士 来自古英语penig,便士,来自Proto-Germanic*panninggaz,便士,可能借自拉丁语panna,小盘子,词源同pan.即形如小盘子。 penny
精选例句
1、 At first the price of single copies was seldom a penny-usually two or three cents was charged-and some of the older well-known papers charged five or six cents.
起初,一份报纸的价格很少是一美分——通常是两到三美分——一些较老的知名报纸要价五到六美分。[机器自动翻译,如有错误,感谢纠错]
2、 But the phrase "penny paper" caught the public's fancy, and soon there would be papers that did indeed sell for only a penny.
但是“一分钱的报纸”这个词引起了公众的兴趣,很快就会出现确实只卖一分钱的报纸。[机器自动翻译,如有错误,感谢纠错]
1、 Penny-pinching UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters such as Aldi and Lidl rather than luxury alternatives.
精打细算的英国消费者会选择阿尔迪和利德尔等折扣店的廉价产品,而不是奢侈品。
1、 Most of the money would come from a penny-per-letter permanent rate increase and from shifting postal retirees into Medicare.
大部分资金将来自每封信一分钱的永久涨价,以及将邮政退休人员纳入医疗保险。
常见考点例句:
- How important is that swing of a penny ?
- 一个便士的差别有多重要?
- A disk of round flat bread costs about a penny .
- 一盘扁圆面包才卖大约一便士。
- I will not spend a single penny for the purpose of rewarding a single wall street executive , but I will do whatever it takes to help the small business that can 't pay its workers or the family that has saved and still can 't get a mortgage .
- 要奖励一位华尔街的高管,我会分文不给;但对于帮助那些付不起工人工资的小企业的事,以及那些已经得到救助还得不到抵押贷款的家庭,我都将尽全力以赴。
- Throw every other penny you possibly can at the debt with the lowest balance .
- 尽你所能,抛掉即使是一便士的债务,以获得最低的收支平衡。
- We went to see papa , granny and that penny candy counter every saturday .
- 每个星期六,我们都去看望爷爷和奶奶,同时也光顾那个一便士糖果柜台。