查询词典 penny-pinching

They imagined that an entry toll, a penny in the turnstile, would keep the indecorous at bay and ensure that solemn middle-class promenaders could compare their bonnets and parasols in peace.

他们本以为通向栈桥的十字转门收取的入口费，会将粗鄙的穷人们挡在岸上，让高雅的中产阶级能在一块宁静的地方散着步，评论彼此的帽子和花伞。

They imagined that an entry toll, a penny in the turnstile, would keep the indecorous at bay and ensure that solemn middle-class promenaders could compare their bonnets and parasols in peace.

他们本以为通向栈桥的十字转门收取的入口费，会将粗鄙的穷人们挡在岸上，让高雅的中产阶级能在一块宁静的地方散着步，对各人帽子以及花伞彼此品评一番。

If you haven't got a ha'penny

如果半便士都没有

One and thruppence ha'penny, sir.

那要1.5个便士，先生

A ha'penny will do

半便士也可以

Penny stocks are the stock market's equiv...

仙股是股市的同等学历

I can't keep you secret,penny.I'm going to fold like an energy-based de novo protein in conformational space.

我不能继续为你保密，我感觉就像给予能源的蛋白质在结构空间里折叠了一样。

He says that when people are living upon their capital they must keep down current expenses by turning a penny where they can.

他说，一个人坐吃山空的时候为了节省日用，如果有机会就是一个钱也得挣。

Our innumerable coolie ancestors were buried beneath the palm trees of Bangka. There they lie silently in a distant land, with weeds growing above their graves, without a penny to their names.

邦加的椰树林子埋葬着我们数不清的当&猪崽&的先辈，他们静静地躺在异国他乡土地下，野草丛生，默默无闻。

I have no doubt that it was a principle they fought for, as much as our ancestors, and not to avoid a three-penny tax on their tea; and the results of this battle will be as important and memorable to those whom it concerns as those of the battle of Bunker Hill, at least.

我不怀疑，它们是为了原则而战争的，正如我的祖先一样，不是为了免去三便士的茶叶税，至于这一场大战的胜负，对于参战的双方，都是如此之重要，永远不能忘记，至少像我们的邦克山之战一样。

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。