penny 核心詞議:
n. (英)便士;美分
penny 基本解釋
速記方法
速記技巧
詞源記憶法
英國第一枚稱作penny(便士)的硬幣是公元8世紀中期麥西亞(Mercia)國王奧發(Ofa,?-796)效仿法蘭克人發行的。法蘭克人的硬幣叫做novus denarius,所以在英國幣制改為十進制的l971年以前,denarius之首字母d一直是作為penny(或pence)的縮寫詞,就如s代表shilling一樣。penny一詞很可能源自更早的一位麥西亞國王Penda(?一654)的姓氏或意為1weigh的拉丁語pendo。但有一點看法是普遍一致的:penny的詞源是日耳曼語,和當代德語的Pfennig(芬尼)有親緣關系。penny有兩種復數形式:一為pennles,指硬幣的個數,另一為pence,指價值
諧音記憶法
諧音:盆內,聚寶盆內是便士和美分。
知識擴展
重要短語
not a penny 一分錢也沒有
pretty penny 一大筆錢
中文詞源
penny 便士
來自古英語penig,便士,來自Proto-Germanic*panninggaz,便士,可能借自拉丁語panna,小盤子,詞源同pan.即形如小盤子。
中文詞源:
penny 便士
來自古英語penig,便士,來自Proto-Germanic*panninggaz,便士,可能借自拉丁語panna,小盤子,詞源同pan.即形如小盤子。
penny
精選例句
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,一份報紙的價格很少是一美分——通常是兩到三美分——一些較老的知名報紙要價五到六美分。[機器自動翻譯,如有錯誤,感謝糾錯]
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“一分錢的報紙”這個詞引起了公眾的興趣,很快就會出現確實只賣一分錢的報紙。[機器自動翻譯,如有錯誤,感謝糾錯]
1、 Penny-pinching UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters such as Aldi and Lidl rather than luxury alternatives.
精打細算的英國消費者會選擇阿爾迪和利德爾等折扣店的廉價產品,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.
大部分資金將來自每封信一分錢的永久漲價,以及將郵政退休人員納入醫療保險。
常見考點例句:
- How important is that swing of a penny ?
- 一個便士的差別有多重要?
- A disk of round flat bread costs about a penny .
- 一盤扁圓面包才賣大約一便士。
- 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 .
- 要獎勵一位華爾街的高管,我會分文不給;但對于幫助那些付不起工人工資的小企業的事,以及那些已經得到救助還得不到抵押貸款的家庭,我都將盡全力以赴。
- Throw every other penny you possibly can at the debt with the lowest balance .
- 盡你所能,拋掉即使是一便士的債務,以獲得最低的收支平衡。
- We went to see papa , granny and that penny candy counter every saturday .
- 每個星期六,我們都去看望爺爺和奶奶,同時也光顧那個一便士糖果柜臺。