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相关变形拓展
复数:pennies/pence→相关词:coin(硬币);money(钱);cent(分)
易混词辨析
penny、pence、pound、cent
1. penny:“便士”(单数,1 英镑 = 100 便士,如 a penny;penny coin);
2. pence:“便士”(复数,如 50 pence;ten pence);
3. pound:“英镑”(英国货币单位,如 five pounds;pound note);
4. cent:“分”(美元 / 欧元单位,如 10 cents;fifty cents)。
重要短语
not a penny 一分钱也没有
pretty penny 一大笔钱
精选例句
1、 He has only a few pennies in his pocket because he spent most of his money.
他口袋里只有几便士,因为他花光了大部分钱。(penny为可数名词,意为“便士”,复数形式为pennies或pence,pennies侧重个体,pence侧重总额,初中常考复数变化)
来源:【中考难度例句】秒词邦编辑整理
2、 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。
来源:2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
1、 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。
来源:2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
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。
来源:2018 年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语(一)Text 4
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