时间:2019-02-09 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语


英语课

   别小看“一分钱”,a penny 1代表的各种意思?


  马路边有一分钱,恐怕你不一定会去捡。英文里看到a penny想必你也不愿多看一眼!可是,penny却偏偏有很多种搭配,表达着你意想不到的意思。
  1. A pretty penny
  看到这个短语,开始脑补钢镚儿是否有美丑之分的小伙伴,其实它表示的是一大笔钱。
  例:I bet 2 that cost you a pretty penny.
  我打赌你一定花了不少银子。
  2. A penny for your thoughts
  一便士买你的想法?其实意思很接近了,当你搞不懂对方在想什么时,可以借这个习语来打探。
  例:
  -A penny for your thoughts?
  (你在想什么呢?)
  -Oh, I'm just thinking about what I want to do over the weekend.
  (哦,我在想周末干什么。)
  3. A penny saved (is a penny earned)
  省一分就是赚一分,这样安慰自己真的好吗?这个习语是在强调存钱很重要!剁手党你们懂的~
  例:Mary worked hard to save money; she knew that a penny saved is a penny earned.
  玛丽努力地存钱,因为她明白省钱就是赚钱的道理。
  4. In for a penny, in for a pound
  凡事不能半途而废,既然开始,就要不遗余力地完成它。这里说的正是此意。
  例:I'm sure we can do this. In for a penny, in for a pound.
  我确定我们可以。一不做二不休。
  5. The penny drops
  难不成天上真的会掉钱?请别图样图森破了,它的意思是“明白”、“听懂了”。
  例:I had to explain the joke to her a couple of times before the penny dropped.
  我把那个笑话解释了好几次,她才终于听懂了。

n.(英)便士,美分
  • I will not lent you a penny.我一便士都不愿借给你。
  • Sugar has risen a penny a pound.糖价每磅涨了1便士。
v.打赌,以(与)...打赌;n.赌注,赌金;打赌
  • I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说,你解决不了这个难题。
  • I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。
标签: 口语
学英语单词
abroken
accession identifier
agrotechnician
amphiploidy
Ardamu silk
arsphenamized
asynchronous operator
automatic measuring equipment
baroclinic rossby wave
beta ray spectrum
brooding mania
candida ( monilia ) albicans
celiadelphus
chacoan
changeover button
characteristic conductance
cherish life
cider-apple
clean bomb
common isdn application programming interface
contina
continuous core oven
coronamen
cyclohexyl
Delco-Maraine brake
detachment of vitreous
dientomophily
document library
duster
eastneys
enkvist
es-
fit(formation interval tester)
fragrant orchid
frog
fuel tank selector valve
glass extrusion process
Go word
gradient background
gusset angle bar
Hamming weight
hemisotids
hexameteric faces
hoist with lifting tongs
IFC International Finance Corporation
indirect holding fastening
injection mold
johannsens
joint mouse
leading questions
leblanc
limited wars
lixiviate
lupara
Lüdersfeld
Managed Print Service
marine knot
maximum allowable deflection of tray column
method of manufacturing
Mordant Black T
nasal spina
non-fat
nonassertion
orchid pink
p-band
paetz
paleornithology
parchable
pathomete
PCU
positive displacement grout pump
prayering
professional body
prosodifications
psychochemistry
radioactive synthesis
remainder of distribution
Rhyniaceae
second level message
sedenes
silver needle
sley
social partnership
stripping polarography
sugar dissolving plant
SUPO
suppressed inflation
surface-finish analysis
surfboarder
Süssen
Talibanesque
tax on house
the extreme penalty
the sack
thumbshotting
trivial metric
uncontrollable cost
vapor pressure isotope effect
wall-lights
weather message
word processing equipment without provision
wrong'd