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dime是值十美分的硬币。 dime的价值虽然是nickel的两倍, 但是dime也只是一枚很小的硬币,而且dime跟 nickel相比是既小又薄,原因是过去曾经用比镍贵重得多的银子来铸造dime。 Nickel-and-dime既可以

发表于:2018-12-12 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 美国俚语

一个客户在电话线上和我就一笔生意讨价还价,硬要在我的报价上要砍掉一角钱,当时我和他据理力争,他说:I'm not trying to nickel and dime you. 我当时就冲口回答:I don't need your nickel and dime.(我

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 美国俚语

我们上一次讲了由penny 也就是分币组成的几个习惯用语。美国人用的硬币除了penny还有好几种。例如,价值比penny高一点儿的有五分和一毛的硬币。它们是: nickel and dime。不论Nickel还是dime都是零

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Sierra Leone hopes to become Africa's biggest exporter of iron ore with the opening of a new mine in the central Tonkolili district. Geologists say the new mine holds more then five billion tons of iron ore. Before mining can begin at Tonkolili, geol

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(27) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(二月)

By analyzing different samples of lava, Herrero / Bervera has built up a picture of how the filed has changed since long before humans were around. They are actually the recorders of the Earth's magnetic field in hundreds of years, thousands of years

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2011年

Nickel or Dime? 5分钱还是10分钱? Little Johnny used to hang out at the local corner store. The owner didn't know what Johnny's problem was, but the older boys would constantly tease him. 小约翰尼过去常在街角的商店附近闲逛。店

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