pence
美 [ˈpeni] 
英 ['peni]
- n.便士；小钱；彭妮；〈美〉=cent
- 网络便士的钱数；英镑；便士的复数形式
词形变化
复数：pence 复数：pennies
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
It even persisted after decimalization for those coins which had equivalents and continued to be minted with their values in new pence.
由于这些银币具有等价物，在新发行的便士中有其自己的价值并继续铸造，因而甚至在采用十进制后仍旧存在。
The mother takes six pence out of her bag and gives to the conductor . The conductor gives her one and a half ticket.
那母亲从手袋里拿出六个便士交给售票员。售票员给了她一张半车票。
He's just the kind that would stoop to swindle children out of a few pence.
他就是这种货色，会不顾廉耻去从孩子手中骗取几个零钱。
He's just the kind that would stoop to swindle old people out of a few pence.
他就是这么个家伙，自甘堕落去骗老人们的几文钱。
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，在人行道上跳了几下，掉进了阴沟里。
In places like this one can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old volume that may be worth many pounds.
这些地方，偶尔可以用几便士买一本旧书，而其价值可能很多英镑。
For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
这香膏可以卖三十多两银子周济穷人。他们就向那女人生气。
Brenda collapsed yesterday afternoon yet she was as right as nine pence when I saw her that morning.
布伦达昨天下午身体垮了，但我昨天上午见到她时，她还是好端端的。
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
耶稣说，一个债主，有两个人欠他的债。一个欠他五十两银子，一个欠五两银子。
She was slammed for increasing the price of school meals to sixty pence a week.
她因决定把学校的伙食费提高到每周六十便士而受到了猛烈抨击。
I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it. Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble.
昨天，我给了他50便士让存起来，却拿这钱给自己买了50便士的麻烦。
Pence urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to call Congress back into session for an immediate vote on the issue.
彭斯还敦促众议院议长佩洛西把议员们召集回来开会，立即对这一议题进行表决。
During lunch breaks, my colleagues and I played for a few pence and I found I was quick at calculating the odds.
午休时间，我和同事们就会赌几个便士，我发觉自己计算赔率很快。
Then they bought him a wooden bowl for a few half-pence to eat out of.
然后，他们花了几分钱，给他买了一个木碗，叫他用它吃饭。
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 .
旧式20便士硬币的铸造日期印在硬币正面，而新版本的硬币本应将日期改印在硬币背面。
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.
他在剑桥大学基督学院读书时，甚至每天还额外付五个半便士，请专人料理膳食搭配。
Michael Pence, a top Republican in the House of Representatives, said the Fed was taking an 'incalculable risk. '
众议院共和党高官彭斯（MichaelPence）说，美联储正在承担一种“不可计算的风险”。
They explained that she would be awarded one pound, seven shillings and six pence per week.
他们解释说，她将获得一磅，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-可能不会有人愿意出再低的价来帮你刷牙。
As a result, some environmentalists are now calling for a charge of up to 15 pence for each disposable carrier bag .
结果，一些环保主义者如今正在呼吁对每只一次性购物袋收取高15便士的费用。
He offered six pence to help me on my way, at which excess of goodness I knew not what to do.
他拿出六个便士，送给我路上零花，而对这种非凡的好意，我简直不知道该怎么办才好。
Six pence is a small price to pay for a satisfying bar of chocolate.
花6便士小钱买来一块称心的巧克力还是合算的。
He begged a few pence of us.
他向我们讨了几便士。
You can't make 15 pence with two coins if one of them isn't a 5 penny piece.
如果其中一个不是5便士一枚的，两只硬币就不能凑成十五个便士。
The share price was chopped from 50 pence to 20 pence.
股价由每股50便士猛降至20便士。
This is an article that is retailed at seventy pence.
这是一件零售价格为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.
周三巴克莱在伦敦市场收于123.40便士（合1.81美元），较几周之前增长了一倍以上。
For the sake of a few pence, almost any coolie will run an imminent risk of death.
仅仅为了几便士，几乎所有苦力阶层的人都会把性命置之度外。
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.
但是她的经纪人和出版商，他们负责资金，十分热忠于波洛-——他是她的最受欢迎的人物。
A penny saved is two pence clear, A pin a day's a groan a year.
省一元等于净赚两块钱。一天一桶酒，病痛缠身一整年。
How, Pence had asked rhetorically, was $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts going to put people back to work in Indiana?
在采访即将结束时Pence诘问到，怎样使用给国家艺术基金的5000万美元预算才能使印第安纳州的人们重新回到工作岗位？
"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.
“不过，五便士也不多，我可以试试。”女孩说。于是她去邮局买了张邮政汇票寄走了。
I gave him a pound, and he gave me 20 pence change.
我给了他一英镑，他找了我20便士的零钱。
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，上面写着：进来吧，看看这个象人，一次两便士。我推开门走了进去。
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，不过这个星期还是过得不错的。
The body is divided into three parts: The first section briefly explains the origins and status of Pence.
正文又分为七个部分：第一部分简单介绍碰瓷的起源和现状。
From the day you arrive at my house , you need not spend any pence.
从你到我家那天起，你就一个子儿不用花。
After we had haggled for some time, we decided to the bargain, and Jones bought the cloth for50 pence per yard.
我们在价钱上争论了半天，终于决定，琼斯以每码50便士买下了这批布。
He offered six pence to help me on my way, at which excess of goodness I knew not what to do.
他拿出六个便士，送给我路上零花，而对这种非凡的好意，我简直不知道该怎么办才好。
Separately, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reiterated its "buy" recommendation on the shares with a price estimate of 750 pence.
此外，高盛集团重申了施乐辉公司“买入”的股票评级，股价预期为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. "
那个男人给了那个男孩六便士并对他说，“帮我买个蛋糕，另外三便士帮你自己买个蛋糕。”
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
说，这香膏为什么不卖三十两银子周济穷人呢。
No one wants to have a car dashboard malfunction because of an inferior part that cost only a few pence.
没有人相要一个因为仅仅值几便士的差次部件造成的失灵的汽车仪表盘。
For 75 pence (about a dollar) you get two slices of buttered white bread and a filling of strawberry jam.
这种在两片涂满黄油的白面包中夹草莓酱的三明治只需要花75便士（大约一美元）。
For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.
对大部分孩子来说，用50便士来买一大块好的巧克力，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年以前市面上由一种面值为25便士的硬币，它与英国十进制前的5先令克朗等值。
