英语释义

• a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

• a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

片语

It just keeps coming back - like a bad penny. In one year I found myself on my knees before a saving altar (accepting the Lord Jesus).

Penny Lin林韦君

上公共厕所（旧时英国公厕的自动门须投一便士硬币后方行开启）

廉价的惊险小说或杂志

守财奴；小气鬼

Penny Chenery切内里

一大笔钱；大数目之金钱

反复出现的讨厌的人；一再出现的不需要的人

HENNY PENNYHenny Penny may refer to

不名一文

We have not spent a penny on software licenses.

多而贱的

penny flame便士火焰

penny loafer有硬币袋式包子鞋

便士股票，低价股

So Penny好佩妮

PENNY PRESS便士报业；廉价报刊

英汉例句

• she will grudge a penny even to the poor beggar.

  她连给最穷的乞丐一个便士都舍不得。

• he was a rich man and he had made every penny himself.

  他是个阔佬，但他的每一个便士都是自己挣来的。

• in any event, says mr meles, ethiopia will push ahead, using 「every ounce of our strength, every penny we can save, to complete our programme.

  无论如何，梅莱斯表示，埃塞俄比亚会继续向前迈进，“尽自己每一分力、省每一分钱去完成我们的计划蓝图。」

• 「if costs eventually come down, every penny will be returned to the public coffers,」 she said, urging lawmakers to approve the railway funding as soon as possible.

  她说，如果最终成本能够降下来，那么每一分钱都会回归公共财政。她敦促议员尽快批準为这条铁路的建设拨款。

• in addition, of course, many graduates are burdened by debt in the form of student loans - read my estimable colleague laurie penny on this.

  当然，除此之外，有许多毕业生都背负学生贷款而来的债务重任——读读我同事劳丽·彭妮在这方面难能可贵的文章。

• if you were to take a penny from every account at any one of the major banks, it easily amounts to several million dollars.

  如果您从任何主要银行的每个账户里面取得一美分，很容易就会获得几百万美元。

• he put every penny he had into it. he was driven by an uncynical, almost spiritual belief in justice and an equally pure hatred of the automobile industry.

  他把每一分钱都投入了官司，而驱使他的动力是对司法公正的信念和对汽车工业的憎恨。

• she had been saving every penny she could for months , with this result.

  几个月来，她尽可能地节省了每一分钱，结果不过如此。

• gore, audibly riled, replied that every penny he made from his investments was put back into his non-profit foundation to spread knowledge about the climate challenge.

  戈尔很愤怒地回答道，他从投资中获得的每一分都将返还给他的非盈利基金以传播抗击气候变化知识。

• he then set the record straight by 「saying she is the most wonderful woman, who stood by me through rough times, so she deserves every penny of it」.

  随后更是直接的发表声明「她是最美丽的女人，陪伴我度过了最艰苦的时光，每一分钱都是她应得的。」

• it hit me when i left that i needed to focus on the things i could not lose, and those things cost not a penny and require not an ounce of strength.

  当我们聊完天，离开之即，我意识到，不要计较那些已经消失不见的东西，也不要妄想那些不费一分钱，不消耗一丝力气就能得到的事情。

• your debts are their assets, and every penny spent on interest goes towards making them wealthier.

  你的债务就是他们的资产，花费在利息上的每一分钱都让他们更为富有。

• certain proprietors strip their business of every penny of cash, starving them of capital.

  某些企业主榨干了自己公司的每一分现金，使得企业资金极度匮乏。

• the worst case scenario from a penny dropped from a great height is a slight sting.

  事实上，一分硬币从高空坠落所能造成的最大创伤也不过是轻微的刺痛。

• the solution: while i agree that you shouldn’t be a miserly scrooge and save every penny because it physically hurts you to spend it, going the other extreme is just as bad.

  策略：我同意说你不该是个吝啬的守财奴，存下每一分钱，一花钱你就觉得受到伤害，但是走向另一个极端也是不好的。

• she causally mentioned that her daughter once had a coin collection, and asked if the penny he had found had been of some value.

  先是提起自己的女儿曾经热爱收集硬币，接着她就问老公的老板，是不是刚才那一分钱有什么特殊之处。