penny 高考四级六级考研

Give me a penny for 2 halfs.

给我两枚半便士的硬币。

There are 100 pence to every pound.

1英镑有100便士。

He paid 50 pence for the book.

他付了50便士买这本。

The fruit costs 30 pence per kilo.

每公斤30便士。

These apples cost 40 pence per pound.

这些苹每磅40便士。

Please give me six pennies for this sixpence.

请给我把这个六便士的硬币换成六个一便士的硬币。

It costs 10 pence to travel three stages.10

便士可以乘三站。

Please give me ten pennies for this tenpence piece.

请替我把这十便士换成十个一便士硬币。

Brilliant students are ten a penny at that college.

出色的学生在那所大学里有的是。

We spent every last penny we had on the house.

我们把所有的钱都花在房子上了。

Do you want to spend a penny before we leave?

我们离开前你要方便一下吗？

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

我在一匹马身上押了十便士, 而它居然赢了。

I'm just an ordinary businessman, trying to earn an honest penny.

我只是个普通生意人, 想老老实实赚点钱谋生。

In the small towns on the coast, lobsters are two a penny.

在海滨小镇，龙虾十分便宜。

How can they afford a holiday? They haven’t got two pennies to rub together.

他们怎么有钱去度假呢？他们穷得丁当响。

It only cost a few pence.

这东西只值几便士。

These cost ten pence a pound.

这些东西10便士一磅。

Except for what he spent on haircuts,books and daily necessities he never wasted a penny.

除了理发、买和必要的日用品之外,他从不浪费一分钱。

The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound.

不正当得来的便士使正当得来的英镑也受到玷污。

A penny soul never came to twopence.

燕雀之志,成不了大志。